- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Julie
Julie Duncan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns many parents face, including relationship stress, family conflict, parenting strain, anxiety, and grief. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people make small practical changes that improve day-to-day life.
She creates a calm space to talk through what feels hardest right now. Sessions aim to identify patterns that get in the way and find concrete steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Julie emphasizes clear communication, coping skills for stress and anger, and strategies for building self-esteem. Her background includes long-term work with people dealing with trauma, addiction, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder, and caregiving stress. That experience helps when problems involve overlapping issues like chronic illness, grief, or codependency.
She also supports people navigating questions about identity and relationships in LGBT contexts. Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor plans to each person. She helps parents balance self-care with family responsibilities and develops realistic goals that fit busy lives.
The focus is on what will make daily routines smoother and relationships less stressful. Practical tools, clear feedback, and paced goal-setting are central to her approach. Julie works collaboratively, encouraging clients to test new ways of communicating and coping.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How practical therapy meets online flexibility
Julie relies on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior and replacing them with concrete coping strategies that reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach targets communication skills and conflict resolution to make relationships and parenting interactions less strained. These methods are useful for stress, depression, and relationship tensions.Finding the right approach is a joint process. Julie works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, lifestyle, and pace. She explains options, tries techniques in session, and adjusts based on what helps most. The plan changes as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy parenting schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Julie
What kinds of problems will Julie address related to parenting?
She helps with parenting strain, family conflict, stress, communication problems, and concerns that affect day-to-day family life.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and supportive. Sessions focus on talking through problems, learning practical skills, and setting small goals to try between visits.
What is her professional background?
Julie has 15 years of professional experience working with people who face trauma, addiction, mood concerns, caregiving stress, and relationship issues.
What credentials does she hold and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Louisiana and practices with that credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payment arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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