About Julie
Julie Alexander is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, and trauma. She focuses on building confidence, finding motivation, and clarifying life purpose. Her tone is respectful and compassionate, and she aims to make first steps feel more manageable.
She uses straightforward conversations to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions are shaped around practical goals and small, doable steps. She draws on approaches like client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, and mindfulness to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
How Julie works
Julie has eight years of counseling experience and brings that practical background into each session. She pays attention to patterns that come from family of origin, attachment and abandonment concerns, and issues tied to first responder roles. She also helps with mood disorders, panic attacks, social anxiety, and problems tied to guilt and shame.
When addiction is part of the picture she addresses drug and alcohol use alongside impulsivity and motivation to change. Narrative techniques and motivational interviewing inform conversations about meaning, forgiveness, and making different choices. Participants can expect collaborative goal-setting and regular check-ins on progress.
Julie offers sessions in English for people located in Pennsylvania. She adapts the mix of therapy tools to suit each person's needs and keeps sessions focused on real-life changes, coping skills, and clearer next steps.
Julie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Julie works with
The areas below are the ones Julie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Julie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their goals, with the therapist following the client's lead and reflecting what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and helps clarify priorities and next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, panic, mood problems, and situations where small behavior changes make daily life easier.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, brings skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive actions, and improving relationships. It can be useful when strong mood swings, impulsivity, or self-directed distress get in the way of functioning.
Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. Julie will discuss goals, preferences, and past experiences and then suggest a blend of methods that fits the person. The plan can change as needs evolve, and she checks in regularly to see what is working.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let conversations feel closer to in-person meetings, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn't wanted, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try different formats to see what helps most.
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