About Julie
Julie Batson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience and a practice based in Missouri. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, and the everyday strain that life brings. Julie works with clients in plain language and practical steps to make change feel achievable.
Her approach is flexible and centered on the person in front of her. She adapts conversations and plans to each client's situation.
How Julie works
Sessions aim to build skills, increase understanding, and strengthen coping so people can move forward with more confidence. Julie combines attachment-focused work with client-centered listening and cognitive tools when appropriate. She also draws on emotionally-focused and mindfulness practices to help people process feelings and notice unhelpful patterns.
This mix supports issues such as relationship struggles, grief, identity questions, and caregiving stress. Over two decades she has supported people dealing with parenting challenges, career decisions, chronic illness, body image concerns, and sexual expression questions like kink and BDSM. She also addresses ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue, and codependency in straightforward ways.
Julie encourages a collaborative pace. She helps set goals and adjusts methods to fit each person's needs and lifestyle. Starting therapy is a step toward more manageable days, and she aims to make that step feel understandable and doable.
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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- 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
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How Julie's Approaches Work Online
Julie uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationship patterns affect current emotions and interactions. This approach can clarify why certain hurts repeat and guide more supported ways of relating.She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions focus on the client's priorities and pace. The therapist listens closely and helps people set goals that feel achievable rather than imposing a rigid plan.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, when used, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches clear skills to reduce anxiety or change unhelpful routines. It is practical and homework-friendly for people wanting specific tools.
Finding the right blend of methods is part of the work. Julie collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can support brief updates, coaching-style prompts, or day-to-day coping between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to fit therapy into a real-life schedule.
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