Julie Zemke, LCSW

Julie Zemke, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and related concerns. She is direct and authentic while remaining compassionate. She focuses on building healthy boundaries and helping clients find a stronger voice. She often uses humor as a practical tool to ease hard conversations and boost resilience.

With 15 years of experience, Julie has worked across inpatient, residential, jail, crisis intervention, and outpatient mental health settings. That background informs steady, straightforward support for adults coping with motivation struggles, low self-esteem, grief, anger, bipolar mood issues, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating career stress and life transitions.

Her work leans on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy approaches to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She supplements those with client-centered and mindfulness techniques, plus motivational interviewing when someone needs help finding reasons and steps to change. Sessions focus on practical skills and small behavior changes that add up over time.

Julie is licensed clinical social worker in Arizona, Georgia, Oregon, and Washington, and brings a practical, no-nonsense style to therapy. She aims to help clients improve relationships, daily functioning, and overall quality of life. She encourages people to take the first step and recognizes that reaching out for help takes courage.

Before booking, confirm current session options and scheduling details to match your needs.

How Julie Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online

Julie often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. CBT sessions typically include setting clear goals, experimenting with new behaviors, and practicing skills between meetings.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. DBT tools can be useful when strong emotions or self-harm urges get in the way of daily life or recovery efforts.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts plans as progress is made. She encourages practical steps and regular check-ins to see what helps.

Because session formats can vary, confirm the current online options before booking. The profile notes availability for live chat, video, and phone sessions on weekends and weeknights, and that she is accessible via messaging. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so people can focus on skill practice and daily routines.