Julie Gallivan, LPC

Julie Gallivan is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Michigan who helps people work through relationship and family challenges. She focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, stress, parenting strain, and life transitions. Julie also supports people dealing with grief, addictions, mood concerns, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.

She uses practical, person-centered care to meet each person where they are. Sessions are collaborative and aim to strengthen coping skills, improve communication, and build resilience. She often integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools alongside mindfulness and narrative techniques to help clients notice patterns and try new responses.

Julie brings six years of counseling experience and a trauma-aware perspective to her work. She helps people process difficult events, repair ruptures in relationships, and manage symptoms related to depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. When faith matters to a client, she can include Christian perspectives and will pray with clients if they request it.

Her style is warm and direct, focusing on clear steps people can use between sessions. She supports practical problem solving like navigating blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and adoption or foster care challenges. The goal is steady progress toward clearer priorities and healthier daily routines.

Julie welcomes international clients and conducts sessions in English. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling options through the platform's Start Therapy flow.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for life transitions, anxiety, and feelings of emptiness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking patterns that drive unhelpful behavior and testing new ways of responding, which is helpful for depression, anxiety, and impulse control. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the client leads the pace and focus of work.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Julie works collaboratively to find what fits each person's goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining elements of ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or narrative techniques so therapy is practical and tailored to daily life.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not listed in the profile. Online options can make scheduling easier, help fit therapy into work or family routines, and allow for shorter check-ins on busy days. Some people find phone check-ins useful when bandwidth or background noise is a concern, while video lets people use visual cues during conversations. Discuss format preferences during the matching and scheduling steps to find what works best.