About Julie
Julie Flannagan is a Tennessee licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She works with clients who are struggling with relationship problems, life changes, and questions about purpose. Julie keeps conversations direct and respectful to help people take the next small step forward.
Julie personalizes each session to match the person's goals and needs. She uses practical talk, listens for patterns from a client's past, and helps identify actions that can ease day-to-day distress.
How Julie works
Sessions focus on building confidence, improving communication, and finding ways to cope when life feels overwhelming. Her background includes three years of clinical experience in Tennessee. That experience includes helping people face issues like abandonment, attachment wounds, caregiving stress, chronic illness, codependency, and body image concerns.
She also supports people working through divorce, infidelity, family of origin problems, and persistent guilt or shame. Julie describes her style as sensitive and compassionate. She aims to create a straightforward plan that fits each person's pace and priorities.
She encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time. People meet with her by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Julie guides clients through practical skills and clearer communication so they can move toward greater stability and purpose.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care
Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on emotions and body awareness. One approach emphasizes understanding attachment and abandonment patterns to improve how people relate and communicate; it helps when past hurts shape current relationships. Another approach centers on tracking bodily sensations and eye-focus to process intense feelings and reduce stuck emotional responses; this can help with trauma reactions, chronic stress, or persistent anxiety.Deciding which approach fits best happens together. The therapist will review your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest techniques to try first. This collaborative process can include adjusting methods over time as progress becomes clearer and needs change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls let therapists and clients read facial expressions and tone while keeping appointments from different locations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short, flexible ways to share thoughts between sessions or fit support into a work break. These options make it easier to maintain continuity and try different formats to find what suits each person best.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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