- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Julie
Julie Schindhelm is a licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience in mental health care. She focuses on practical support for parents and people navigating relationship questions, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Julie keeps sessions direct and down-to-earth so busy caregivers can fit help into their schedules.
She uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and relationship-focused approaches like the Gottman Method. In sessions she helps people break problems into manageable steps, build coping skills, and practice communication techniques that actually work at home.
Background and approach
Julie often helps clients who are dealing with grief, depression, trauma, or burnout. She also supports people facing fertility challenges, postpartum struggles, and parenting stress. When intimacy or relationship trust is strained, she offers tools to improve connection and reduce conflict.
Her style is collaborative and goal-focused. Julie works with each person to make a realistic plan and measures progress along the way. She aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful rather than academic.
Julie practices in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to pair people with a therapist and schedule the first session.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Julie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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 and online care for relationship and parenting concerns
Julie often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward them while accepting difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with you about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. That conversation guides whether to emphasize ACT habits, CBT skill practice, or other relationship-focused tools so the plan fits your life.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is helpful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching or reminders between sessions. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around parenting demands and busy workdays.
Questions people ask about Julie
What concerns does Julie typically help with?
She helps people with parenting stress, relationship problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and related issues like sleep or eating struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, breaking problems into steps and teaching coping and communication skills you can use at home.
What is her background and experience?
She has 22 years in mental health and experience with marriage and family therapy concepts and trauma-informed care.
Where is Julie licensed and located?
She is a Pennsylvania LCSW and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How do payments and getting started work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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