Julie Mitton, LCSW

Julie Mitton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah with 18 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, trauma, and life transitions. She has provided services across outpatient clinics, school settings, and community mental health programs, and has worked with children, teenagers, women, couples, and families. Her background includes supporting clients through depression, bipolar mood concerns, sleep problems, caregiver stress, and intimacy-related issues, with additional focus on attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, and codependency.

Julie blends practical, goal-focused techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies with strengths-based guidance for parents. As a parent herself, she uses personal insight to help families build on existing strengths while learning new skills to improve communication, set boundaries, and manage difficult transitions. She emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach where therapy is viewed as a team effort to develop coping tools and increase confidence during stressful periods.

Julie asks that clients be physically located in Utah for sessions and recommends using a computer or laptop with an internet connection for the best experience. She typically waits 10 minutes after a session start time before closing an appointment, and she is known to have a cat that sometimes jumps onto her lap during virtual meetings. Julie looks forward to supporting people as they begin their healing journey.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Julie uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, empathetic space where each person’s goals and values guide the work - this approach helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and navigating life purpose questions. She also incorporates attachment-based therapy to explore how early connections influence present-day relationships and intimacy-related issues, making it useful for clients facing abandonment, communication problems, or blended family challenges. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and develop practical skills for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie works with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time so therapy remains responsive and effective.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules and make it easier to maintain continuity of care from home or work. These options allow clients to access regular support, practice new skills between sessions, and engage in therapy in formats that feel most comfortable while working with licensed professionals and therapists.