About Julia
Julia Sather is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of therapy experience. She works with people who are managing anxiety, stress, mood concerns, relationship and intimacy challenges, and trauma-related issues. Julia writes plainly and aims to make sessions feel practical and approachable.
Before training as a counselor, she spent nearly 13 years in community corrections as a parole officer. That background shaped her focus on behavior, accountability, and realistic steps people can use to change patterns.
Background and approach
She returned to school and completed a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from City University of Seattle. Julia often helps people who worry about involvement with the criminal justice system as well as those already connected to court processes. She sees many clients who want to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, or build healthier ways of coping.
Her work also covers intimacy and sexual concerns, relationship problems, and post-traumatic stress. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at the thoughts that drive feelings and actions. Julia combines this with practical skills work so people leave sessions with concrete steps to try.
She values plain talk, humor when it fits, and a nonjudgmental tone in the room. Julia practices in Washington and conducts sessions in English. If someone is ready to begin, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits their needs.
Evidence-informed approaches in online therapy
Julia commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches practical tools for reducing anxiety and changing unwanted habits. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and breathing or attention exercises that can reduce stress and improve emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Julia will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. She adjusts methods over time based on what is working and what needs more focus so people can see practical progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support more frequent touchpoints and brief coaching between sessions. These options offer flexibility for fitting therapy into work, school, or busy family schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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