Julie Fels
Supportive counselor for parenting and mood challenges
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Julie
Julie Fels is a licensed professional clinical counselor - LPCC practicing in Ohio. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, grief, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She also focuses on caregiver stress, first responder issues, impulsivity, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Julie writes and talks plainly so parents and caregivers can understand next steps quickly. Julie offers a practical, respectful style.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps shape a plan based on each person’s real life. Conversations are tailored to what feels doable at home and work. She aims to help clients build everyday skills for calmer moods and clearer thinking.
Her background includes a range of settings where she worked with adults and children, including community programs, residential care, hospitals, and schools. That variety informs how she adapts techniques to different family routines and stresses. Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms and coping skills.
She focuses on clear strategies that clients can practice between sessions. Progress is tracked in simple steps so families can see what is changing. She approaches care with sensitivity and respect.
Julie encourages honest conversation about goals and fears, and she partners with each person to create a personalized plan. Seeking help is a brave first step, and she aims to support and empower people through the process.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize clear skills and practical steps. One common approach focuses on teaching coping and mood-management skills that help with anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and mood swings; these are concrete tools clients practice between sessions. Another approach emphasizes exposure and response prevention for obsessive or compulsive thoughts and behaviors, helping people gently face fears and reduce compulsive responses in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Julie will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels doable, then recommend techniques that fit that situation. The choice of methods is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families and caregivers. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions provide quick access without video, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins or skill practice between meetings. These options make it easier to work on parenting challenges, mood management, and stress without rearranging too much of day-to-day life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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