Julie Humphries - Individual and Couple Psychotherapist
Tavistock Relationships
British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
Professional Standards AuthorityAbout Julie Humphries
Julie’s clinical training comprises three qualifications completed over seven years at Tavistock Relationships (an operating unit of The Tavistock Institute for Medical Psychology):
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a PGDip in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (UEL/Tavistock Relationships, BACP),
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an MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (UEL/Tavistock Relationships, BPC),
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and a qualification in Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Tavistock Relationships, BPC).
Further training includes Mentalization Based Therapy and a Post Qualifying Certificate in Psychoanalytic Supervision.
Julie offers analytic psychotherapy to both individuals and couples. Whether you are seeking it for yourself, or with your partner, psychotherapy aims to help provide relief from difficult feelings or emotional suffering, at the same time as working towards understanding yourself and others for long term and deep seated change.
Our past relationships and experiences influence us, and how we experience our adult life is shaped by these experiences, however, they do not determine us. Psychotherapy can help us feel less troubled and burdened by our difficulties and more able to cope with life. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy has a strong and expanding evidence base in helping people not only find relief from distress but also of making considerable improvement long after the therapy has ended.
Julie provides a safe, confidential, and trusting space in which to open up and talk freely, and to look deeper into your concerns and problems.
Julie has many years of experience of working with individual clients with a range of emotional problems including dissatisfaction with life or relationships, depression and anxiety, confusion around gender or sexuality, grief and loss, and the impact of long term illness and retirement.
Julie also offers relationship therapy for those who wish to attend on their own. It might be that you are going through a painful break up or divorce, or that you want to explore a difficulty in forming intimate relationships.
In couple therapy, Julie provides an opportunity to help break cycles that can feel very stuck, and to improve both the communication and intimacy between you and your partner. She has extensive experience helping couples who come to therapy either with a specific difficulty they are struggling with, or are perhaps feeling overwhelmed by the problems between them. Just some of the issues that Julie can assist with are; struggles with parenting, the birth of a new baby, illness, infertility, problems in the sexual relationship, infidelity, anger and conflict that feels out of control, extended family problems, or difficulties in later life.
Julie can also, when needed, help couples to separate better, in a less conflictual and hostile way. For the relationship/marriage that is ending, therapy can provide a space to process the feelings to end the relationship in as positive a way possible. It provides a space to talk about the feelings of anger, sadness, hurt and guilt that are often present. If you have children whether young or older, couple therapy can help with the transition of a couple relationship to one where you find a way to parent together and even remain a family.
Before training as a psychotherapist, Julie was a university lecturer in Sociology. Consequently, she brings an understanding of how we have been shaped and influenced by the culture and society that we live in, and the pressures and discriminations that we can face.
Julie started her psychotherapy training over 20 years ago; and took up an offer of a Clinical Lecturer/Psychotherapist post at Tavistock Relationships (TR - the world leading training organisation in couple psychotherapy) soon after graduating. After several senior management posts, Julie was appointed Director of Training in 2016 - a post she held until 2022. Julie worked at TR for over 10 years, and during that time also undertook clinical work, taught, trained and supervised many students. Julie also delivered Mentalisation Based Therapy to couples presenting with high conflict; trained and supervised on an IAPT, Couple Therapy for Depression project and jointly set up and led the Department of Education funded Adopting Together Service which supported the couple relationship of parents who had adopted or had children placed with them.
Julie now works as a psychotherapist both in private practice and for Harley Therapy. She is also a Training supervisor both at Tavistock Relationships and the British Psychotherapy Foundation, as well as having a large practice supervising other qualified therapists. Julie is an honorary teaching fellow at Birkbeck University; and on the Board of Trustees of a charity providing counselling training and low fee therapy.
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Who is Julie Humphries Best Suited For?
My expertise and specialism is in relationships. Many of our difficulties and struggles with life stem from, or are related to, our relationships. Early relationships create patterns and beliefs that affect what dynamics are created in our adult relationships, particularly around intimacy and trust; and our capacity to give and receive love. Relationships play a key role in our experience of life - whether with partners, family or friends - they are fundamental to our happiness and well being. However, they often need help too, and therapy with me is a place in which to find this help.
Why Choose Julie?
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19+ Years of Clinical Experience: Julie has over 19 years of experience providing psychoanalytic therapy to individuals ranging from young adults to people in later life, as well as to couples.
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Specialist Couples Psychotherapist: With three qualifications completed at Tavistock Relationships, Julie has extensive experience helping couples navigate specific difficulties, entrenched conflict, intimacy problems, and separation.
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Published Academic and Supervisor: Julie has published several papers in the field of couple relationships, including papers on domestic violence, couple theory and adoption. She continues to teach and to supervise psychotherapy training, as well as supervising the work of other therapists.
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British Psychoanalytic Council Registered: Julie holds BPC registration across both individual and couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy, providing the highest standard of professional accountability.
Who Julie Humphries Works With
What To Expect
In your initial sessions with Julie, you can expect a safe, confidential, and trusting space in which to open up and talk freely, and to look deeper into your concerns and problems. Working within a psychoanalytic framework, Julie will work with you towards understanding yourself and others, aiming to provide both relief from difficult feelings and the kind of deep-seated, long-term change that goes beyond symptom relief.
Julie brings two decades of experience working with individuals and couples, and a particular strength lies in her extensive work with relationships - helping partners break cycles that feel very stuck, improving communication and intimacy, and navigating a wide range of difficulties from infidelity and conflict to infertility, parenting struggles, and separation. For individuals, she brings the same compassionate, non-judgemental approach to concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and relationship difficulties.
Qualifications & Accreditations
Tavistock RelationshipsBritish Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)Professional Standards Authority