Julie Blackburn, LMHC, LCPC, focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by major life changes.
01About Julie
Julie Blackburn, LMHC, LCPC, focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by major life changes. She listens for what matters most and helps clients find small steps toward steadier days. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at making difficult feelings easier to manage.
She has 17 years of experience working with people coping with stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. Many seek her help during caregiving roles, chronic illness, fertility struggles, and cancer-related concerns.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with postpartum depression, divorce, and the loneliness that can follow big life shifts. Julie draws on techniques that are grounded in evidence and shaped by a grief-informed perspective. Sessions focus on practical coping skills, emotional processing, and rebuilding a sense of purpose.
She encourages self-compassion and small, realistic changes clients can practice between meetings. Clients can expect a calm, respectful space where emotions are named and worked through at a manageable pace. Julie pays attention to how health issues, caregiving responsibilities, and life transitions affect daily functioning.
The work often includes coping strategies for pain, fatigue, and compassion fatigue. Located in Indiana, Julie brings clinical judgment and steady support to conversations about healing and growth. She aims to help people move from feeling stuck toward clearer choices and renewed self-kindness.
02Credentials
- LMHC (Indiana)
- License 39003693A · expires April 2028
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180009503 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1790173011 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Julie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Julie uses a grief-informed approach that helps people name and process loss, whether from death, health changes, or life transitions. This approach focuses on making space for emotion and finding practical next steps when life feels disrupted.She also applies evidence-based techniques that teach concrete coping skills for anxiety, stress, and depression. These techniques often involve short exercises clients can practice between sessions to reduce overwhelm and build emotional endurance.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie works with each person to match techniques to their goals, symptoms, and lifestyle. Together they try strategies, note what helps, and adjust the plan over time. Online formats offer practical flexibility for ongoing work. Video calls let the therapist and client see nonverbal cues and hold deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to share thoughts between sessions and fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. These options help people keep consistent momentum while fitting care into busy or changing lives.
05Questions people ask
What concerns can Julie help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and coping with major life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, cancer-related issues, fertility challenges, and perinatal concerns.
What is her general therapeutic approach?
Her practice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a grief-informed perspective. Sessions emphasize practical coping tools, emotional processing, and building self-compassion.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working with people through life transitions and health-related stressors.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LMHC and LCPC and practices in Indiana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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