About Julie
Julie Blackburn provides straightforward, compassionate support for people facing big life changes. She speaks plainly and helps clients who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or low self-esteem. Julie brings 17 years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - and as an Illinois clinical professional counselor - LCPC.
She concentrates on practical coping during transitions. That can mean working through grief, managing caregiver stress, or facing health challenges such as cancer, chronic illness, or fertility struggles.
Background and approach
She also helps people dealing with postpartum depression, divorce, isolation, and questions about life purpose. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to each person and on small, doable steps. Julie emphasizes self-compassion and building resilience over time.
She aims to make emotional work feel manageable instead of overwhelming. Her background includes many years supporting women through health- and relationship-related changes. She brings a grief-informed perspective to help people process loss and find ways to move forward.
Practical tools and gentle guidance are woven into conversations. Work with Julie typically centers on what a person wants to change and what keeps them stuck. She listens for patterns, helps name difficult feelings, and offers strategies to reduce stress and improve daily functioning.
The process is collaborative, paced to each person’s needs, and geared toward restoring a sense of purpose and calm.
Approaches that fit life transitions and online care
Julie often uses evidence-based techniques that help people process grief and manage stress. One approach focuses on grief-informed work - it helps name losses, normalize strong emotions, and create steps for gradual healing. This can be useful after bereavement, major life changes, or medical losses.Another common focus is coping skills for anxiety and stress. These techniques teach concrete tools for calming the body, managing racing thoughts, and organizing small behavioral changes that ease day-to-day pressure. They work well for chronic worry, caregiver burnout, and the demands of illness or recovery.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie will listen to your goals, background, and what feels most helpful, then suggest ways to proceed. Together you can try techniques and adjust the plan based on what actually helps in your life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation from anywhere with a good connection. Phone sessions can be easier when video isn't needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, writing through feelings, or fitting support into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while balancing work, caregiving, and medical appointments.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Illinois
- Languages
- English