Julie Hatfield , LCSW

Julie Hatfield is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of professional experience. She practices in Montana and North Dakota and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Julie also supports those facing parenting challenges, career transition, and questions around identity and self esteem.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. She listens carefully and helps clients set practical goals. Sessions are collaborative - she works alongside people to find what helps in daily life.

Julie often addresses relationship and family tensions by helping clients identify patterns and improve communication. She offers support for grief, anger, and compassion fatigue, and assists people navigating big life changes. Julie also works with concerns related to ADHD, bipolar disorder, and recovery from abuse.

Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, and first responder challenges. She is experienced with dissociation, domestic violence, and struggles linked to family of origin. Julie also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, impulsivity, and intellectual disability related concerns.

Julie provides care with sensitivity toward LGBT clients and those from diverse backgrounds. She encourages small steps and practical strategies, and she helps people track progress between sessions. Taking the first step can be hard, and she aims to make the process clearer and more manageable.

Approaches and how online therapy can help

Julie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and healing. One common approach emphasizes tracking thoughts and behaviors to identify patterns that fuel anxiety or depression; this helps people spot triggers and try alternative responses to reduce distress. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and abusive experiences in small steps, helping a person build coping skills while they work through painful memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before to choose methods that feel right. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.

Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow for a face-to-face conversation when schedules and bandwidth permit. Phone sessions are useful when a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, or have a slower-paced conversation when typing fits better. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping ongoing momentum in treatment.