Julia Sherwood

About Me

After over 25 years running my own commercial business in Learning & Development, in 2021 I decided to train as a counsellor. This was borne of my own extensive personal experience supporting family living with dementia; my mother had Vascular Dementia and my partner lives with Early-Onset Alzheimers. As you’d expect I have experienced the full gamut of emotions associated with those experiences. I am motivated to support others going through this, as I know it can be an isolating experience involving a rollercoaster of emotions.

I offer an opportunity for clients to talk about their experiences and work together to find emotional and practical solutions to make life manageable and more hopeful.

My qualifications include:

  • BA (Psychology and Education)
  • Postgraduate diploma in Adult Education
  • Postgraduate diploma in Counselling Theory with Distinction (with a focus on dementia caregivers)
  • I continue to study for a Master of Counselling (with a focus on dementia caregivers)
  • Lived experience as a support for family with dementia
  • Working as a counsellor with Dementia Auckland clients since 2022

I am a provisional member of the New Zealand Association of Counselling (NZAC). You can find my profile here.

Please contact me for a no-obligation brief chat during which we can establish whether or how I can help you with your current challenges. I can meet in person in my Grey Lynn Auckland office or meet online.

If you’d like to talk about whether counselling is right for you, or book an appointment for your first session,
call 021 736 462 or email julia@stc.net.nz