Therapist profile
Julia Collins, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting focus
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- Attachment-based work
- CBT strategies
- Solution-focused goals
About Julia
Julia Collins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 22 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and family concerns, and issues around addiction and ADHD.
Julia describes many common situations she sees: relationship conflicts, betrayals, losses, and the practical fallout from hard decisions. She frames therapy as a place to regain strength and reconnect with personal goals. Sessions focus on building skills for healing and recovery and on making clear, manageable plans for change.
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior techniques, and solution-focused methods. That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, listens without judgment, helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking or behavior, teaches skills for regulating emotion, and sets short-term goals for practical progress.
Julia has experience supporting people coping with caregiver stress, family-of-origin issues, abandonment and attachment concerns, communication and control problems, and first responder issues. She also works with those facing grief, divorce and separation, disruptive mood concerns, and the overlapping effects of substance use and mental health difficulties.
Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. People who come to her can expect straightforward conversations, skill-building, and a shared plan that reflects their needs and priorities.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Julia uses attachment-based work to look at how past and present relationships affect feelings and behavior; this can help when family history or attachment wounds are linked to current stress or relationship strain. She also uses client-centered methods, which focus on listening and responding to what matters most to the person in front of her and building a treatment plan from that perspective. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different ways of responding to everyday problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julia aims to figure out which combination of methods fits a person's goals, preferences, and current challenges. She collaborates with each person to set short-term goals and to try strategies that can be adjusted over time.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking, as specific online formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy home life, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. If you need to coordinate sessions around caregiving, work breaks, or school schedules, discuss timing and format options when you arrange your first appointment.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and family concerns, addiction issues, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends attachment-based, client-centered listening with practical CBT and DBT skills and solution-focused goal setting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience working in counseling and addiction-related care.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process of working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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