Julie Allen

Compassionate, practical counseling for life challenges

LPC Georgia

Experience: 20 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Julie

Julie Allen is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Georgia with two decades of clinical experience. She grounds her work in collaborative, client-centered care and commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people examine unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical coping strategies.

Background and approach

Her practice also draws on narrative and psychodynamic ideas to explore personal stories and underlying patterns that affect mood, relationships, and behavior. Across a wide range of concerns, Julie supports clients facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood challenges including bipolar disorder and depression, addictions, and grief.

She also addresses relationship and family issues, parenting and fertility-related stress, identity and gender concerns including gender dysphoria and LGBT issues, and challenges like ADHD, compassion fatigue, and eating or career difficulties. Julie emphasizes each person’s strengths and views clients as experts on their own lives, offering guidance that honors individual values and goals.

Julie welcomes clients who bring diverse spiritual backgrounds and life experiences, and she accepts international clients as well. Her approach aims to help people find hope, build skills for coping with change, and pursue meaningful growth over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Julie commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood, and stress. She also draws on client-centered principles that prioritize the client’s perspective and strengths, creating space for people to lead the pace and direction of their work. Narrative therapy is another influence, helping individuals reframe their personal stories and separate themselves from problem-focused identities.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting interventions over time rather than prescribing a single path up front.

Online therapy with Julie is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase accessibility and convenience. These options make it easier to schedule appointments around work and life demands, maintain continuity while traveling or living abroad, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can tailor session format and therapeutic tools to support progress regardless of where clients are located.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Julie commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and family challenges, ADHD, parenting concerns, and related areas listed in her specialties.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her practice is collaborative and client-centered, combining cognitive behavioral tools with narrative and psychodynamic perspectives to help clients explore patterns and build coping skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Julie brings 20 years of professional work experience to her counseling practice in Georgia.

What licensure and location information is available?

She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with the credential GA LPC LPC011116.

Can nonlocal or international clients work with her?

Yes, she accepts international clients and offers services to people outside her immediate region.

Which session formats does she offer?

Sessions are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepression Compassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAvoidant personalityCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaImmigration issuesIntellectual disabilityLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Narrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Georgia

Languages

English