- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Julie
Julie Gallivan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who focuses on practical help for parents and adults facing stressful life moments. She frames sessions around everyday problems like anxiety, grief, communication struggles, and parenting challenges. Julie keeps language plain and aims to make therapy feel approachable and useful from the first meeting.
She draws on several counseling methods to tailor sessions to each person's needs. That can mean noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors, exploring values and what matters most, or using mindfulness to ease intense emotions.
Background and approach
Julie also uses storytelling techniques to help people rewrite painful patterns from their past. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, family problems, parenting stress, addiction issues, trauma and abuse, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and challenges like ADHD or compassion fatigue.
She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each client. Julie listens for strengths and builds steps clients can use between meetings.
She is open to integrating faith when requested and will pray with clients who ask. With six years of clinical experience, Julie aims to help people find clearer choices and calmer responses. She works with English-speaking clients and is available to work with international clients by online formats listed on the profile.
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
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-focused online therapy that fits a busy life
Julie commonly blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small actions toward them, which can ease parenting stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Julie works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She will try methods, check what helps, and adjust the plan as clients report what is working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper sessions that benefit from face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or visual focus is an issue. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or people who prefer written communication. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow ongoing support from different locations.
Questions people ask about Julie
What concerns does Julie commonly help with?
She helps people facing relationship strain, family problems, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction issues, trauma, grief, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions use clear, everyday language and focus on steps clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Julie has six years of experience as a practicing clinician in counseling settings.
What credentials and location information apply?
She holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices from Michigan.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts international clients for online work.
Which session formats does she use?
Julie provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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