Julie Rothfeld , LMHC

Julie Rothfeld is a licensed mental health counselor who earned her master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from the College of William & Mary. She brings four years of professional experience working with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship struggles. Julie emphasizes respectful, compassionate care and practical steps you can take right away.

Julie shapes sessions around each person's needs. She listens first, then helps set straightforward goals. Conversations focus on what feels most urgent, whether that is sleep trouble, feeling stuck in a relationship, or coping with major life changes.

Her work draws on approaches that look at how early attachments and current thoughts affect day-to-day life. She also uses techniques that help people tell their stories differently and find clearer ways to solve problems. These methods are used to address issues like grief, intimacy concerns, addiction, and care-related stress.

Julie pays attention to emotions like shame, guilt, and emptiness and helps people build skills to manage them. She also supports people dealing with career questions, midlife transitions, or mood disorders such as bipolar. Her style is direct, warm, and focused on small changes that add up.

People who choose Julie should expect a collaborative partnership. She helps clients identify next steps and practices to try between sessions. The aim is steady, realistic progress toward a more satisfying daily life.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current emotional habits. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. In remote sessions CBT often includes setting small behavioral tasks and reviewing them together to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and preferences, then choose methods together. That collaborative process helps make sure the techniques feel useful and realistic for daily life.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can fit quick check-ins or shorter steps between meetings. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or irregular schedules, while keeping therapy practical and consistent.