- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT and ACT methods
- Somatic awareness
About Julie
Julie Tallard Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 33 years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and issues like self-esteem, relationship concerns, and coping with life changes.
Julie describes therapy as a relational process. She centers the client’s story and attention on the body’s experience as well as thoughts and feelings. Sessions are guided by what the client wants to address, and she offers practical strategies and inquiry to help people make immediate, usable changes.
Her style blends relational, narrative, and somatic approaches. Relational work focuses on building a straightforward, professional connection between client and therapist. Narrative work looks at the stories a person tells about themselves and how those stories shape behavior. Somatic work brings attention to physical sensations and breath as part of emotional processing.
Julie names Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) among her approaches and also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and client-centered methods. She has also studied somatic experiencing and breath practices to support insight and regulation.
She frames the client as the leader of sessions while offering several possible routes forward. Julie has authored books on trauma recovery and practical well-being tools, and she draws on those educational resources when useful to the person in front of her.
How her approaches translate to online work
Julie often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name hard-to-reach feelings and relationship patterns. EFT aims to identify core emotions and the interactional patterns that keep problems alive, which can help when someone wants clearer emotional understanding.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on values, present-moment awareness, and taking meaningful action despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Client-Centered Therapy is another part of her practice and emphasizes listening, respect, and following the client’s lead to guide sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Julie treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will help figure out what fits the client’s needs, goals, and preferences over the first few meetings.
Practical benefits of online sessions include fitting therapy into a busy schedule and reducing travel time. Online work can make it easier to have a shorter check-in during a break, to use breath or body awareness practices in familiar surroundings, or to meet without needing to commute. Because the biography did not list specific session formats, confirm the available options before booking so you know how sessions will be held.
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addiction concerns, ADHD, and many life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends relational, narrative, and somatic approaches. She helps people examine their stories, notice bodily experience, and practice concrete strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Julie has 33 years of experience as a clinician working with people in face-to-face and online contexts.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients. Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Session formats were not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before scheduling.
How does her pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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