Julie james, LCSW
About Julie
Julie James has over 25 years of clinical experience and expertise working with a wide range of presenting problems in a variety of settings. Julie has provided treatment to clients in residential care, community mental health, outpatient crisis intervention, and- since 1999-private practice. Julie’s professional expertise includes anxiety, depression, suicidal risk assessment, grief, loss, and developmental life transitions. For several years, Julie was part of a multidisciplinary treatment team providing individual and family therapy to young women with eating disorders. Julie also works with athletes experiencing challenges with performance and the emotional and physical impacts of sports injuries.
Areas of Specialty
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Loss and grief
- Life transitions
Her practice prioritizes understanding each individual’s strengths, qualities and challenges to support meaningful and lasting change.
Julie's Approach
Julie James’s clinical approach is strength based and relational. To effectively facilitate meaningful and lasting change, Julie prioritizes understanding each individual’s strengths, character, as well as their challenges. Her approach involves identification of clear goals, development of insight, and recognition of barriers to effective growth and change. Her practice is informed by established research that emphasizes effective treatment strategies.
Julie believes that her expertise and experience combined with a client’s life experience and self agency create a collaborative foundation to the therapy relationship. Identifying the desired change and the effective strategies to change is the responsibility of both the client and the therapist.
3 session Assessment
Understanding the importance of a good client-therapist connection, Julie meets with potential clients 3 times, so that the client can become familiar with her style, gain a better understanding of the therapeutic process and identify desired goals of therapy. Julie then provides her perspective and treatment recommendations and together they determine if there is a good fit between them.
Rates & Insurance
BASE RATE
$150 per 50-minute session, $225 initial diagnostic assessment sessions can be as long as 80 minutes
INSURANCE
Insurance is not accepted as direct payment for treatment, however many patients do receive "out-of-network" benefits covering a portion of the cost of therapy. Please check your coverage carefully by asking the following questions:
- Do I have mental health benefits?
- What is my deductible and has it been met?
- How many sessions per calendar year does my plan cover?
- How much does my plan cover for an out-of-network provider?
- What is the coverage amount per therapy session?
- Is approval required from my primary care physician?
PAYMENT
Cash or check and credit cards are accepted for payment.
CANCELLATION POLICY
We request 48 hours notice to either cancel or reschedule appointments. If you miss an appointment you have scheduled without such notice you will be required to pay the full cost of the session.