Julian earned his BA (Hons) in Guidance and Counselling from Northumbria University, and graduated in 2022 with First Class Honours. He went on to attain his MCouns (Master of Counselling) at Monash University in 2024. He is currently pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Neuroscience from King's College London.

Julian has research interests in Psychological Trauma, Trauma-Focused Psychotherapies, Somatic Symptom Disorders as well as Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES).