Julie Ray Counseling

At Julie Ray, MS, LMFT, our mission is to provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment for individuals, couples, and families to explore and address personal and relational challenges. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have 18 years of experience working with people in the caring profession, and I am dedicated to helping my clients overcome obstacles and achieve their goals.

Our Approach

My therapeutic approach is centered around my family systems approach, where each person plays an integral role in the health of the whole system/family. I collaborate with parents, their children, and teens to address and resolve behavioral issues and developmental challenges. My work with struggling couples focuses on fostering hope when it has been lost. Whether you struggle with anxiety, grief, or depression, I will work alongside you in a non-judgmental fashion to explore issues and apply new skills to help you overcome the challenges you are facing.

Areas of Expertise

I specialize in a range of areas, including anxiety, marriage and family conflict, emotional disturbance, grief, life transitions, codependency, coping skills, depression, divorce, parenting, relationship issues, self-esteem, trauma, and PTSD, and mood disorders. My therapeutic approach can help individuals, couples, and families restore balance, obtain guidance and support, develop skills to maintain meaningful relationships, diagnose mental health conditions, manage emotions, learn conflict resolution skills, improve boundaries, improve physical health, identify purpose and meaning in life, and more.

What to Expect

During our therapy sessions, we will work together to resolve personal and/or relationship issues as far as possible, and to promote personal growth, self-awareness, and meaningful relationships with the important people in your life. This is a "client-centered" therapy process, which means you determine the particular areas of exploration in a given session. As we reach goals and alleviate specified dysfunctions, therapy can not only be a transformational journey but an enjoyable one as well. Counseling sessions last 50 minutes each.

Focus on Client

I keep a smaller caseload with the intention of giving each of my clients premium care. The work done in therapy requires connection and emotional availability. Focus on the Couple, I work with my colleague Valarie Johnson, and we use Solutions Focus therapy to help couples gain a clear understanding of the current problem, set therapeutic goals, and measure success.

Payment

Accepted forms of payment include cash, personal check, and Venmo. I'm not in-network with insurance. Upon request, I can provide you with a superbill. More info about the superbill is available in my New Client Paperwork, under Fees and Payment.