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Julie Christman

Calm guidance for overwhelming life challenges

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Julie

Julie Christman is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on common but deeply upsetting problems like stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship or family tensions. Her work aims to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward when life feels overwhelming.

Julie uses practical methods tailored to each person's needs. She listens without judgment and helps clients name what is getting in the way.

Background and approach

Sessions tend to center on small, doable steps that can reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Her background includes training in cognitive behavioral techniques that help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live in line with their values.

For trauma-related concerns she has experience with EMDR, a method that supports processing painful memories. Julie describes a collaborative style. She works with clients to set clear goals and checks progress along the way.

The emphasis is on building practical skills, better communication, and stronger coping patterns. People who choose Julie often want a straightforward, compassionate clinician who balances evidence-based tools with an understanding, human approach. She supports those dealing with life changes, addictions, intimacy-related issues, anger, attachment and family of origin concerns, and related challenges.

How Julie’s Methods Translate to Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even when emotions are difficult. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that supports processing distressing memories to reduce their emotional intensity and related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Julie collaborates with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She reviews progress and adjusts methods as needed so treatment stays focused and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around busy lives and to continue care from home. The range of formats also allows for varied ways to practice skills between sessions and stay connected when in-person visits aren’t possible.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Julie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family problems, addictions, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem and career concerns, among other areas listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style like?
The approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions emphasize listening, clear goals, and small steps clients can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Julie has ten years of experience as a licensed clinician working with a range of emotional and interpersonal concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Louisiana under LA LPC 6495.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English

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