Julie Blackburn, LMHC, LCPC

Julie Blackburn is a licensed therapist who helps people facing big life changes and health challenges. She has 17 years of experience and works with individuals on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Julie focuses on practical support and steady emotional care during hard times.

Julie often helps people dealing with cancer, chronic illness, fertility challenges, and caregiving stress. She also supports those coping with divorce, postpartum depression, and the emotional impact of pregnancy and childbirth. Her work emphasizes rebuilding a sense of purpose and self-love after difficult events.

Her style is warm and grief-informed. Sessions are meant to be a calm space to sort through feelings, reduce isolation, and develop manageable coping steps. Julie listens for each person’s priorities and tailors pacing and focus to individual needs.

She brings attention to both emotion and daily life. That can mean naming painful feelings, practicing ways to reduce stress, and planning small changes that fit a busy life. Julie aims to help people feel steadier and clearer about next steps.

Julie holds licenses as an LMHC, which is Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and LCPC, which is Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She practices in Indiana and conducts work in English. To begin, readers are invited to use the site tools to match and schedule a session.

Approaches that guide online work and what to expect

Julie describes her work as grief-informed and focused on emotional healing and practical coping. A grief-informed approach recognizes the broad impact of loss and change and creates space to name painful feelings, process them, and find ways to move forward. This approach often helps people facing bereavement, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and other major life changes.

She also emphasizes emotional processing paired with goal-focused coping. That means sessions may alternate between talking through difficult emotions and identifying small, concrete steps to reduce stress or improve daily routines. These techniques can help when anxiety, low mood, or fatigue make everyday tasks harder.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify what feels most useful, adjust pacing, and try different strategies as needs and goals change. The plan evolves based on feedback and what helps the person feel steadier.

The biography does not list which online session formats are provided, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, or allow quicker check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people keep continuity of care while managing medical appointments or caregiving obligations.