- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Julie
Dr. Julie Griffin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 18 years of clinical experience based in Indiana. She holds a doctorate in psychology and a master’s degree in clinical/counseling psychology.
Julie draws on long experience across schools, hospitals, group homes, prisons, and community mental health settings to support people facing tough moments. She offers a calm, strength-focused approach that centers on each person's needs. Sessions are designed to be open and nonjudgmental so people can say what they really feel.
Background and approach
Julie uses a mix of practical strategies and listening to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Parents often come for help with stress, parenting challenges, sleep and behavior concerns, or relationship friction. She also works with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, ADHD, and a wide range of emotional and life adjustments.
Julie has additional experience with adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, and caregiver stress. Her methods include acceptance and commitment approaches, attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused strategies. Treatment is tailored to the person in front of her, and she blends tools to match each situation.
That can mean learning new coping skills one week and practicing connection or communication skills the next. Julie values creativity and often brings simple exercises, art, or play into sessions when they help. She has worked with therapeutic animals in some settings and appreciates how animals can help people relax and connect.
She aims to help clients build routines and skills that make daily life feel more manageable.
What Julie works with
Everything Julie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Julie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online sessions can use short experiments and simple exercises to practice noticing and shifting behavior between meetings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with practical skills and behavioral changes. In video or phone sessions clients can work through thought records, set homework, and review progress together.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on emotions and relationship patterns to improve connection and communication. This approach can be used online to role-play conversations and practice new ways of expressing needs.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit the client's goals, preferences, and daily life. That may mean trying one approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on how it feels and what helps.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when a quieter connection or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and journaling-style reflections easy to fit into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and parenting demands.
Questions people ask about Julie
What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, ADHD, and many life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is calm and strength-focused. She combines practical skills teaching with attentive listening and adapts methods to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working in schools, hospitals, group homes, prisons, and community mental health settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Indiana and holds a doctorate in psychology plus a master’s in clinical/counseling psychology.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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