About Julie
Julie Hatfield is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of practice in Montana and North Dakota. She focuses on clear, straightforward help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Julie aims to meet each person where they are and treats everyone with respect and compassion.
Julie helps people talk through parenting challenges, struggles with self-esteem, career stress, and relationship concerns. She also supports those dealing with grief, anger, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
How Julie works
Her additional work includes adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and first responder issues. Sessions emphasize practical steps and steady support. Julie listens first, then works with clients to set small, doable goals.
She focuses on skills that people can use between sessions to cope with difficult moments and changes. People who reach out can expect a calm, nonjudgmental approach. Julie adapts to each person's pace and needs and shows sensitivity to life context and identity.
She encourages clients to notice progress, even when change feels slow. Julie offers several ways to meet, including video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her practice accepts international clients who can participate in English.
To begin, clients follow a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Approaches and online options for everyday struggles
Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skills and emotional processing. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches coping tools for stress, anxiety, and mood swings - this involves practicing techniques to manage intense feelings and improve daily routines. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care which helps people process painful experiences safely, build tolerance for strong emotions, and reduce their impact on daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Julie collaborates with each person to figure out which methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts strategies over time so therapy stays useful and relevant as life changes.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or process thoughts between sessions and fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it easier to continue steady work on coping skills and life changes without extra travel.
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