Therapist in Town and Country, Missouri Julie Humphrey, Therapist

Julie Humphrey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Missouri and Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Social Work degree and Master of Social Work degree from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Julie has over sixteen years of experience providing behavioral and mental health care in schools, intensive treatment, and outpatient settings. Julie is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional. She has advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Family Systems Therapy and Gottman Method Couples Therapy.

Julie works with adolescents, teens, adults, couples and families that are experiencing a variety of challenges. These challenges may include anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, grief, life transitions, relationship issues, and family conflict. Julie uses an integrative, holistic approach, ensuring that the needs of her client’s whole self (mind, body, soul) are identified and included in the therapeutic process. Julie collaborates with her clients to identify strengths, needs, underlying root issues, and setting goals for therapy. This imperative information provides Julie with a thorough understanding of each client and serves as an important tool in creating individualized treatment methods, techniques, and interventions.

Julie specializes in helping those struggling with eating disorders explore the precipitating and perpetuating factors that led to the onset and continued need for the eating disorder. Julie supports those struggling with shame, negative core beliefs, unmet core emotional needs, perfectionism, rigid and unhelpful thinking styles by using treatment techniques to increase healthy coping skills, self-understanding, self-awareness, and self-acceptance. Julie believes that a caring presence, a safe space, trust, and connection are the keys to effective therapy.

She will meet you where you are, listen and hear you without judgment. Julie is committed to assisting clients navigate life’s challenges, understand the roots of distress, focus on goals of creating lasting behavior change, restore hope, promote self-empowerment and growth. Whether you are coming to counseling for the first time, need some extra support, or have clear goals in mind, Julie is dedicated to working with you through your process and journey to inner healing and restoring balance in your life