Julie Rider, LMFT

Julie Rider is a licensed therapist with more than 25 years of clinical experience who brings a calm, practical approach to helping people navigate major life transitions. As an LMFT - a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - she combines broad training with decades of practice to support clients working through anxiety, depression, and changes that come with different stages of life.

Over the years she has worked with a wide range of concerns and now focuses her practice on the areas she finds most effective and meaningful, including anxiety, depression, and life change issues. Julie also enjoys teaching parenting skills and offers guidance informed by personal experience - she is the parent of two adult children and speaks from real-world perspective as well as clinical knowledge.

She views each decade of life as carrying both gifts and challenges, and she aims to help clients uncover inner strengths while learning practical, useful skills. Julie emphasizes a supportive, collaborative process that honors courage and resilience, and she invites people who are ready to begin to take that first step toward change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client’s experience guides the work. The therapist listens deeply and helps clients explore their values and goals, which can be especially helpful for relationship concerns, self esteem, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and learn practical strategies to change behaviors and emotional responses. This approach is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleeping issues, and coping with stressful situations.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple awareness and grounding techniques to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment clarity. It can support stress management, grief work, and recovery from trauma by teaching ways to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Julie Rider works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may combine elements of these approaches to create a personalized plan.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible and allows work to continue from different settings. These options help clients access consistent support around work, family, and other commitments while partnering with licensed professionals and therapists to make progress.