- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Dakota, Montana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Julie
Julie Hatfield is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience. She practices in Montana and North Dakota and works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges. She aims to respond with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping clients take practical steps forward.
Julie focuses on clear, usable strategies rather than jargon. She helps people build confidence, manage emotions, and cope with life changes. Sessions commonly address motivation, self-esteem, grief, anger, and caregiver strain.
Background and approach
Her background includes supporting people through trauma and abuse, and she has developed experience with ADHD, bipolar concerns, and issues that arise from adoption or foster care. She also addresses relationship and family problems, communication difficulties, and the lasting effects of family of origin struggles. Julie works with those affected by first responder stress, compassion fatigue, and domestic violence aftereffects.
She also supports people navigating forgiveness, guilt, shame, and dissociation. Practical problem-solving and pacing the work to each person's needs are central to her style. Sessions are available in English and Julie accepts international clients.
She uses a respectful, collaborative approach and helps people identify achievable goals. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she focuses on creating an approachable space to begin that work.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Julie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical changes. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step plans to handle overwhelming moments. This approach helps with day-to-day anxiety, parenting stress, and pressure at work.Another strand of her work concentrates on processing trauma and its effects in manageable pieces. That involves building safety, naming difficult memories, and developing strategies to reduce their impact on routine life. This work can help people who deal with past abuse, dissociation, or complicated grief.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Julie works together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, life circumstances, and comfort level. She adjusts pacing and techniques based on what the client needs and prefers.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let conversations feel closer to an in-person visit. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a check-in is needed without being on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick, written check-ins and allow therapy to fit into busy days. These options make it easier to keep consistent work while managing family, job, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Julie
What concerns does Julie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting challenges, plus related issues such as grief, anger, ADHD, and caregiver strain.
How does she approach therapy with clients?
Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on clear steps and pacing the work to each person’s needs while offering respectful, sensitive support.
What is her professional background?
Julie has 12 years of professional experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has supported people with trauma, mood concerns, and parenting-related stress.
Where is Julie licensed and based?
She is licensed in Montana and North Dakota and practices from Montana as noted in her profile.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she can work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ways to connect.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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