- Anxiety and depression
- Parenting guidance
- Practical skill-building
About Julie
Julie Rider is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience in California. She focuses on helping people navigate anxiety, depression, stress, and major life changes. Julie writes plainly, values practicality, and aims to make starting therapy feel doable for busy parents and professionals.
Over her career she has worked across many concerns and now concentrates on the areas she most enjoys and knows well. She offers guidance for relationship strain and caregiving stress, and teaches parenting skills grounded in real family experience rather than only theory. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, hospice and end-of-life counseling, multicultural concerns, and postpartum depression.
Julie combines Client-Centered Therapy with clear, solution-focused techniques. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas and mindfulness tools when they fit a person’s goals. Sessions tend to focus on what a person wants to change and on small, practical steps that can be tried between meetings.
People who prefer a straightforward, supportive approach may find her style helpful. She encourages strength-building, practical skill development, and gradual progress. Julie also pays attention to career stress, sleep problems, grief, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related concerns as part of her work.
Starting work with her usually means picking a few goals together and then checking what helps most. The emphasis is on steady, manageable change so life feels more livable day to day.
How Julie Uses Client-Centered and CBT Approaches Online
Julie often blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in straightforward ways. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters to the person, and helping them find their own answers. It’s useful when someone needs acceptance and time to sort feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try new, practical behaviors to reduce anxiety or lift mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She tends to start with listening, then suggests small experiments or mindfulness practices to test what helps between sessions.
The biography did not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel, and have shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows consistent work through life transitions and makes it simpler to continue therapy during relocations or schedule changes.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, self-esteem, career strain, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is straightforward and supportive, blending client-centered listening with practical, solution-focused steps and mindfulness techniques as needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a licensed clinician, bringing long-term perspective to common life and family challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a California LMFT, offering services based in California.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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