About Julie
Julie Stevens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, and supports those coping with grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She also assists clients who struggle with attention, motivation, concentration, and memory.
Julie views each person as the expert of their own story. She looks for strengths a person can use to meet current challenges.
Background and approach
She describes beginning therapy as a brave step toward a more satisfying life and offers steady support through that process. In sessions she listens for practical ways to reduce overwhelming feelings. She helps people break problems into smaller, manageable steps.
For anxiety and panic she teaches ways to notice triggers and practice breathing and grounding skills to reduce immediate distress. When grief or loss is the concern she makes space for sorrow while helping clients find routines and small actions that restore energy. For issues like low self-worth or guilt she works on building self-compassion and realistic self-talk.
She also addresses workplace stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness challenges, loneliness, and social anxiety. Treatment is collaborative: the client and therapist set goals together and pick approaches that match the persons needs and preferences.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care
Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, teachable skills. One common approach teaches practical coping strategies for anxiety and panic such as breath work, grounding, and stepwise exposure to reduce avoidance and distress. These tools are aimed at lowering immediate symptoms and building confidence in everyday situations.Another approach centers on problem solving and activity planning to address depression, low motivation, and concentration problems. This involves setting small, achievable goals, tracking progress, and adjusting tasks to rebuild routine and stamina. For grief and caregiver stress she combines compassionate listening with concrete actions to restore energy and daily structure.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Julie will work together with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their life, and change course if something isnt helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor therapy to what actually works for the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people practice skills face-to-face, phone can be quicker when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging helps keep progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varying daily needs.
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- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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