Julie Zemke , LCSW

Julie Zemke is an authentic and direct clinician who couples clear guidance with compassionate care. She focuses on empowering adults to move forward toward their goals, with a particular emphasis on promoting healthy boundaries and helping people express their needs more assertively. Humor is one of the coping skills she values and often brings into sessions as a way to ease difficult conversations and build resilience.

With 15 years of professional experience, Julie's clinical background centers on adult mental health, substance use disorders, and trauma. Her work has taken place across inpatient, residential, jail, crisis intervention, and outpatient mental health clinic settings, giving her a broad perspective on complex and co-occurring concerns. She regularly addresses stress and anxiety, motivation, self-esteem and confidence, depression, life transitions, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, anger, career questions, compassion fatigue, and issues specific to LGBT clients.

Julie is an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and she integrates evidence-based interventions including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She finds fulfillment in helping individuals better manage emotions, improve relationships, and enhance day-to-day functioning. Julie values attentive listening and offering practical tools to improve quality of life, and she recognizes that reaching out for help takes courage. She is available for live chat, video, and phone sessions on weekends and weeknights and remains highly accessible through messaging.

Approaches and Benefits of Online Therapeutic Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the person's lead, validates their experience, and helps build self-awareness and confidence. It is useful for people navigating life changes, self-esteem concerns, and relationship issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to change behaviors and emotional responses. CBT is often applied to anxiety, depression, stress, and motivation challenges.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, combines skill building in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. It is particularly helpful for intense emotions, relationship difficulties, and co-occurring concerns like substance use or impulsive behavior.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Julie collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she may blend techniques from different approaches as treatment progresses. Licensed professionals work with each person to adjust strategies over time so the care fits evolving priorities.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to stay connected between appointments. These options increase accessibility for people balancing work, family, and other commitments while receiving consistent support from a therapist.