Julie Clark
Practical counseling for families and parents
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Julie
Julie Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan. She focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a broad range of emotional and life challenges. Julie brings two decades of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, addiction, ADHD, and more.
She aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical for busy parents and caregivers. Julie creates a calm, trusting space where people can talk through what’s happening in daily life.
Background and approach
She uses clear tools and steps rather than long jargon. Sessions often center on setting small goals, learning coping skills, and improving communication at home. Her approach draws from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
That mix lets her tailor work to the immediate concern, whether it is mood, parenting stress, or relationship tension. Julie also has experience supporting people who are visually impaired. Julie founded Collective Impact Services, LLC in 2015 and serves as its Director of Services while providing therapy.
She also offers supervision, training, referrals, and community partnership work aimed at practical outcomes. Her background includes rehabilitation counseling and vocational guidance alongside traditional mental health care. People who meet Julie can expect a results-focused yet empathetic process.
She emphasizes realistic steps families can take between sessions. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, aimed at creating clearer routines, healthier relationships, and more manageable days.
Approaches and Online Options for Family-focused Care
Client-centered therapy puts the person and their goals at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people make sense of their priorities. This approach works well for building trust and clarifying what a family or parent wants to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and develop new habits. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and everyday mood problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can be useful for families facing conflict or intense stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person or family about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try out methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in daily life.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments, check in between sessions, and bring therapy into the home environment. Many families find the flexibility helpful when balancing school, work, and caregiving.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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