How Julie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Julie
Julie Batson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Missouri with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for common problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. Her style is respectful and down-to-earth.
She aims to meet people where they are and support real change. She listens first and adapts her approach to each person. Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the client, whether that's managing strong emotions, improving sleep, or coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also works with issues like trauma, grief, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. Julie uses evidence-informed approaches in straightforward ways. That can mean noticing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors, or exploring attachment and relationship patterns that keep old hurts active.
Mindfulness tools are offered to reduce overwhelm and improve focus in daily life. Her work emphasizes practical skills alongside emotional understanding. Clients can expect clear goals, simple home practices, and check-ins on progress.
The point is to make things feel more manageable between sessions as well as during them. Julie accepts international clients and offers multiple session formats. She encourages people to take the first step even when it feels hard, and she aims to be a steady, nonjudgmental presence while clients work toward the changes they want.
What Julie works with
Everything Julie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Julie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Julie commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy when working online. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depressive symptoms, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early connections affect current reactions, which can help with intimacy-related issues, trust, and communication.Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adjust them if something does not fit.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers no video. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in, a way to track progress between meetings, or an option when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help make care more flexible and accessible for different needs and schedules.
Questions people ask about Julie
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, ADHD-related challenges, and career or life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens first, then works with clients to set simple goals and practices that fit daily life.
What is her background and experience?
She holds a Missouri LCSW and has 20 years of professional experience helping people with emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Missouri as an LCSW and provides services from that location.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and the subscription-based session model used; the subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.