Marriage Counseling Therapists in Missoula, MT

Julie is one of the most insightful, caring counselors showing keen insight into matters of love, affairs, childhood sexual abuse, with a big-hearted approach to heal emotional and physical scars of childhood and victimization. With couples, Julie encourages loving with abandon from a position of personal strength and solid self. She relies as much on 34 years marriage as she does on system interventions and textbook solutions. She is also talented counseling those with issues stemming from chronic diseases like diabetes, MS, and other auto-immune conditions. Julie loves counseling women ready to use kindhearted assertiveness.

One thing in life is certain, life doesn't unfold like we thought it would. I have over 22 years of experience. I have worked in a mental health hospital, adolescent boys ranch, Cancer Treatment Center, counseling office and counseled as a pastor. My goal is to provide a secure place to offer help, hope, and healing. My mission: to assist clients in cultivating relationships that promote freedom, intimacy, engagement and truth. I meet with individuals, couples (EFT) and families experiencing emotional, relational, spiritual, and marital distress by providing a range of high-quality mental health services that promote wholeness.

Offering in person indoor and outdoor sessions as well as telehealth. If we have a chance to work together I will offer you my presence and attention. We will work together to help you see yourself more clearly, make choices that support your healthy growth, and address your goals so that your experience of life is more positive. I see families, couples, and individual adults. I have experience helping folks with personal growth, depression, anxiety, trauma, sexual abuse, marriage issues, divorce, parenting, family conflict. I also offer movement therapy groups using The Discipline of Authentic Movement.

Is your relationship struggling with communication, intimacy or emotional connection? Do medical challenges leave you feeling stressed or anxious? Are you wrestling with emotional or physical pain?  If so, I am here to help you accomplish your mental health, relationship, and life goals. I can assist you in navigating challenges such as chronic pain, learning to accept change, and learning to move forward in life with a positive attitude. In addition to individual therapy, I specialize in couples therapy and marriage counseling. Let's work together to resolve relationship difficulties, cope with negative emotions and thrive.

As a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and co-founder of the Center for Sexual and Relational Health, I specialize in helping individuals and couples struggling with sexual/porn addiction, compulsive sexual behaviors, infidelity, and the associated trauma from those behaviors. Because sexual/porn addiction impacts the entire family system, I am also a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist as I help partners navigate the emotional impact created by the problematic behaviors of their loved ones. I journey alongside my clients to help them create a new narrative for themselves so they can move forward.

If you are a human being who is struggling with "human stuff" I might be the therapist for you. I have been practicing for over 15 years and I am very interested in finding solutions that work for my patients as opposed to a "one size fits all approach". I have a strong background treating depression, anxiety, complex traumas, neuro-diverse individuals, and folks struggling with substance use disorders.

Couples and families struggle with a vast array of challenges. These challenges can cause depression and anxiety and affect even the strongest relationships. Although couple and family relationships can be complex and emotionally charged, I can help you gain insights and clarity that will help you understand and improve your relationships.

My therapy practice specializes in mood disorders, working with individuals, couples and families. I am also a Board Certified Executive Coach and specialize in business coaching and leadership development with an emphasis on Emotional Intelligence. Through a fun, collaborative relationship, there is always a way to address the issues you face and learn coping strategies to help you both right now and in the future. Depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, marital conflict, job stress, career and life transitions.

Odds are that you are reading this because you are frustrated with at least one aspect of your life. And…you are sick of feeling helpless, hopeless, and stuck. Perhaps your stress has gotten so severe that you have begun experiencing actual medical symptoms, panic, depression, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or a grief reaction. Finally, you are now ready to roll up your sleeves and make some changes. Of course, change isn’t easy. But, inherently, we all know that if we don’t change we…calcify. Are you ready for positive change now?

I view the therapeutic process as a collaborative effort to support your personal growth and improving overall life-quality. My role is to support you in an empathetic and nonjudgmental manner. In addition to developing skills for managing personal challenges, we will also focus on discovering and enhancing your existing talents and abilities. As an instructor of graduate-level courses on addiction, psychopharmacology, and evidence-based treatment, I stay appraised of the latest developments in neurophysiology. I am also a professional musician and welcome integration of art and creativity into the counseling process.

Discover how therapy can enlighten your outlook on life and aid in the discovery of your best self. It is my goal is to create a safe and open environment for couples, individuals, families, and athletes to explore and conquer the many challenges life often brings. Some of the common issues I work with clients on include relationship challenges, trauma, couples and marital counseling, performance enhancement for athletes, life transitions (e.g. marriage, new baby, retirement, empty nest), self-empowerment, and increasing confidence. You do not need to walk this journey alone.

Couples, families, and individuals get stuck in patterns that disrupt the pursuit of connection and belonging. Building relationships with self and gaining insight into healing processes within us, leads to healing and increased ability engage in life. A safe, respectful, confidential setting improves the therapeutic relationship and leads to a more holistic approach to health and wellness. Substance use, behaviors, secrets, and many other traits contribute to one's inability to connect with others. Specializing in Substance use disorders and families, we can walk through the process with the entire family.

I primarily focus on transitional coaching. This typically centers around moving into adulthood, marriage, fatherhood, changes in work, midlife or elderhood. Just moved to town...that counts too. Not exclusively, but I often connect the easiest with creative and independent business people. I am also passionate about supporting clients in preparing and integrating traditional medicine work.

When the world whispers "Give up", Hope whispers "Try one more time". If you are looking to improve your life and your relationships, I can help. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I work with children, adults, and couples to heal old wounds and transform their lives for the better. You are not alone in your challenges, and you do not have to carry your burden by yourself. Together, we can work to make sense of your life, achieve greater happiness, richer relationships, peace of mind, and inner strength.

Searching for hope and healing from compulsive sexual behavior, experiencing the trauma of betrayal and infidelity, or relationship distress? Effective, lasting, long-term recovery requires expert guidance. I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Partner Betrayal Trauma Therapist. Individually, are you experiencing anxiety or depression in your specific context? With a focus on your context, experience, and emotion, I specialize in deconstructing your presenting issues to clarify specific problems that you desire to change or respond to. I offer telehealth services by secure video conferencing and phone.

Are you becoming more and more emotionally disengaged and lonely in your marriage? Do you want to feel more connected to your partner...tired of the vicious circles of negative assumptions and harsh reactions…beginning to dislike the person you are becoming in your marriage? With over 50 years experience, I provide Researched Based Marriage Therapy using both The Gottman Research and that of Emotion Focused Therapy to give you "state of the art" marriage counseling. Let's meet on Zoom a few times and work toward a Private Intensive Marriage Counseling Weekend on Placid Lake, in the Seeley Swan Valley. It's time! "Let's do this!"

My areas of specialization include adoption, anger management, antisocial personality, anxiety, behavioral issues, bipolar disorder, codependency, depression, divorce, domestic abuse, domestic violence, dual diagnosis, emotional disturbance, family conflict, grief, life transitions, marital and premarital, oppositional defiance, parenting, peer relationships, relationship issues, school issues, sex therapy, suicidal ideation and trauma and PTSD. I focus on a wide range of clients including adults, teenagers, preteenagers, and children. I use several therapeutic modalities/approaches.

I have been working with families and couples for over 30 years. I am committed to helping couples improve their marital situation for the benefit of families. The most common complaints are about misunderstandings and inability to communicate effectively with one's partner.

My way of being with a patient is interpersonal. It is founded on establishing an emotional connection with the person that comes to me to help them understand and hopefully resolve their intra as well as their interpersonal struggles. The importance of healthy exploration of who one is essential to being able to have healthy and growth producing relationships. Resolution to problems and change is not found in simple cookie cutter or templated solutions. For me personally psychotherapy is the way that I live my life. It is not a collection of techniques but a significant part of who I am.