Julie Thomas, LPC

Julie Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years in the counseling field. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Julie also works with parenting challenges, adoption-related issues, trauma and abuse, and attention-related concerns such as ADHD.

Julie earned a Master of Education in Community Counseling from the University of Central Oklahoma. Her background includes outpatient counseling, therapeutic foster care, school-based counseling, and adoption services. That variety shaped a broad, practical skill set for everyday struggles.

Her style is strengths-based and collaborative. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and helps them build on what already works. Sessions often include mindfulness exercises, solution-focused problem solving, and cognitive-behavioral strategies aimed at changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Julie also uses hypnotherapy techniques when appropriate and offers practical parenting skills training for people navigating blended families, attachment issues, or adoption-related transitions. She addresses anger, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and the emotional fallout from infidelity or family-of-origin problems.

People looking to begin work with Julie are asked to use the site to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability. She offers services from Oklahoma and conducts sessions in English only. International clients are not currently accepted.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Julie commonly uses client-centered work that focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping clients name their strengths. This approach is useful for people who want a respectful, collaborative space to sort through relationship or parenting concerns.

She also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers practical tools for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep difficulties that can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right method is usually a joint process. Julie will discuss what feels most useful and tailor sessions to the individual's goals and preferences. The first few sessions often include checking which techniques fit best and adjusting plans as needed.

Session options are not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm current online formats before booking. Many people find remote work helps fit therapy into a busy day, allows shorter check-ins when needed, and makes it easier to continue care across life transitions. Licensed professionals can still apply hands-on tools like mindfulness training, CBT exercises, solution-focused planning, and hypnotherapy-informed relaxation techniques in an online setting.