Julie Rider, LMFT

Julie Rider is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety, depression, and life transitions and brings a straightforward, practical style to sessions. Julie aims to help people find steady ground during stressful times and learn new skills they can use day to day.

She often works with parents, caregivers, and adults facing changes in work, health, or relationships. Julie draws on decades of practice to offer calm, focused support without jargon. Her work includes guidance on parenting skills based on lived experience as well as clinical practice.

Sessions usually center on clear goals and small steps forward. Julie uses tools from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns and try different responses. She also incorporates mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to build coping skills and practical problem solving.

Julie pays attention to what a person wants to accomplish and adapts the pace accordingly. She can help with grief, trauma, sleep problems, self-esteem, caregiving strain, and decisions around aging and end-of-life concerns. Expect direct conversation, concrete strategies, and chances to practice new approaches between meetings.

Her approach is collaborative: she listens first, then suggests options that fit the person’s life. If you are navigating change or caring for someone else, Julie works to help you regain balance and move forward with confidence.

Therapeutic approaches and how online work can fit into life

Julie commonly blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to guide sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood and can name what matters to them; it helps when someone needs space to sort feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping with change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Julie collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She will check in regularly and adjust the plan based on what is working and what isn’t.

Confirm the available session formats before booking to know how meetings will be held. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - shorter check-ins during a work break, avoiding travel time, or choosing a quieter time of day. It also lets people continue care when facing life transitions, caregiving responsibilities, or relocation, while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.