Julie Burr, LCSW

Julie Burr is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings ten years of experience helping people through painful life events. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Julie writes and talks simply so parents and busy adults can make sense of therapy quickly.

Julie uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, dialectical behavior approaches, mindfulness, and client-centered work. She helps people learn new skills for managing strong feelings. Sessions often include short exercises, goal-setting, and everyday strategies to try between meetings.

Her background includes long personal experience with loss, chronic health struggles, and relationship endings. That life experience shapes how she listens and responds. She aims to meet clients where they are and work at a realistic pace.

Julie also focuses on parenting strains, caregiver stress, body image, and challenges linked to neurodiversity and aging. She uses solution-focused techniques to break problems into small steps and build momentum. The goal is steady, practical progress rather than quick fixes.

Clients can expect straightforward conversation, concrete coping tools, and attention to values and faith when helpful. Julie practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. She encourages people to try different approaches until they find what fits.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Julie often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test practical behavior changes that reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT tasks may include brief homework, thought records, and small experiments to try between sessions.

She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-oriented work focuses on skills practice for handling overwhelming feelings, improving communication, and managing urges in the moment.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie will help clients decide which methods suit their needs and goals, and she adapts techniques as progress is made. Clients set priorities and the therapist suggests small, measurable steps to move forward.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video offers face-to-face interaction for teaching skills and role-play, while phone calls can work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let clients check in between sessions, share short updates, or handle quick skill coaching. These options make scheduling easier and allow therapy to fit into busy lives.