Julie Schindhelm, LCSW - Therapist in Pennsylvania

About Julie

Julie Schindhelm is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience. She practices in Pennsylvania and focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside relationship and individual issues. Julie uses straightforward, practical methods to help people sort through stress, grief, anxiety, and life changes.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and the Gottman Method. In sessions she helps clients learn skills for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and solving everyday problems.

Background and approach

Parents often seek her support for parenting challenges, sleep or eating struggles, and postpartum difficulties. Julie also has experience working with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder. She offers coaching-style guidance when clients want clearer goals for career or life purpose.

Her style is direct and calm, aimed at helping people make steady changes rather than quick fixes. Sessions typically include skill-building, problem solving, and focused conversation about what matters most to each person. Julie helps clients build coping tools for panic, social anxiety, or isolation and addresses issues like infertility, separation, or infidelity when those come up.

She speaks English and provides online options for care. Her approach centers on working together to find what fits each family or individual. People can expect a practical plan and steady support as they work toward clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.

Therapeutic approaches and online options for family work

Julie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change the behaviors that follow. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and many everyday problems where clear steps and practice can reduce symptoms.

She also uses the Gottman Method and Emotionally-Focused Therapy for relationship and parenting concerns. The Gottman Method focuses on practical communication and conflict skills for couples. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps partners and parents notice and shift emotional patterns that get in the way of closeness.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie will work with each person or parent to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and family needs. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy families. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and school schedules while maintaining ongoing support and skill practice.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Julie address?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, grief, ADHD, and issues like infertility or postpartum depression.

What is her therapy style like?

Julie uses practical, skills-based work and focused conversation. Sessions mix problem solving, emotion regulation skills, and communication work to help clients make steady progress.

How much experience does she have?

She has 22 years of experience in mental health practice and a background in marriage and family work and trauma-informed care.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Pennsylvania with license number PA LCSW CW016637.

What languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not work with international clients at this time.

What formats are available for sessions?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online care.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 22 years
Licensed: Pennsylvania
Languages: English

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