Julie Tallard Johnson, LCSW

Julie Tallard Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 33 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, and life transitions. She works with concerns like addiction, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and career stress. Julie aims to listen without judgment and to help people find practical steps forward.

Her style centers on a strong working relationship. She uses client-centered conversation to understand a person’s story and priorities. Julie combines narrative approaches with body-focused awareness so emotional shifts are felt as well as understood. Cognitive-behavioral ideas are woven into sessions to help change unhelpful patterns.

Julie describes therapy as collaborative. She sees the client as the guide and herself as a navigator who offers options and tools. Sessions often include inquiry, breath and awareness practices, and simple strategies people can try between meetings.

She has written books about healing from trauma and practical well-being strategies. Her approach emphasizes learning from lived experience and building skills that show results in daily life. Julie also draws on somatic practices to support people coping with body-based stress responses.

Based in Wisconsin, Julie has provided both in-person and online care across decades of practice. She encourages people to bring their goals and questions, and she works with them to find realistic, step-by-step ways to move forward.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Julie often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to clarify what matters most in life. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with chronic illness because it emphasizes valued action despite difficult feelings.

She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, which means sessions focus on listening closely and responding to each person’s priorities. That style supports people who need a steady, compassionate space to talk through challenges and make sense of their experience.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Julie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She frames therapy as a joint exploration where the client’s needs guide which tools and practices are used.

Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life, since it can remove travel time and make scheduling easier. Online work can also allow for shorter check-ins, breath and awareness exercises, and practical skill practice between meetings. The biography notes both in-person and online work in Julie’s history, so confirm current session format options before booking to ensure they match your needs.