Julia Cole
Agent: Juliet Pickering
Assistant: Finlay Charlesworth
Biography: Julia Cole is a MBACP (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy) Senior Accredited therapist specialising in couple and relationship therapy and psychosexual therapy, with 27 years' experience of counselling couples and individuals. She has worked for RELATE - as a counsellor, psychosexual therapist, supervisor and national media officer; as a counsellor for the NHS; as a therapist for the London Haven (a centre for women with breast cancer); and is currently employed full time as a therapist for the Royal Navy and has a small private practice. Julia is a trained practitioner in EMDR (an NHS approved treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and a Licensed Practitioner for 'Understanding Your Eating', a treatment programme for eating disorders.
She is a freelance writer and author, having written for most national newspapers and magazines. She has been 'agony aunt' for several national magazines, including The Express and Essentials. She is also the author of several books on relationships and sexuality, and is currently working on a new title, THE FOUR PHASES OF LOVE.
AFTER THE AFFAIR
Self-help, 240 pgs
Vermilion, 2010
Finding out your partner has had an affair can feel like the ultimate betrayal and learning to trust again is difficult and painful. AFTER THE AFFAIR takes a frank look at the reasons why people have affairs and the devastating effects they may have upon the person who has been betrayed.
LOVING YOURSELF, LOVING ANOTHER
Self help, 208 pages
Vermilion, 2001
This guide shows how self-esteem affects the quality of one's relationships.
HOW TO STAY TOGETHER FOREVER
Self-help, 192 pgs
Vermilion, 2003
Statistics tell the truth with shocking clarity: four out of ten marriages in the UK end in divorce. Even sadder is that one in ten divorced men and women wish they had stayed together. Drawing on her experience as a therapist and as a writer on all aspects of sex and relationship problems, Julia Cole looks at the difficulties that commonly beset couples and offers practical ideas for overcoming them.