Therapist profile
Julia Collins, LPC
Georgia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Trauma and Relationship Concerns
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Georgia / LPC002960
- NPI
- 1578519245
- Experience
- 22 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Georgia
About
- Attachment-based methods
- CBT and DBT skills
- Codependency focus
About Julia
Julia Collins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 22 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, ADHD, and codependency. Her approach is aimed at helping people regain direction and build practical skills when life feels overwhelming.
Julia uses straight talk and focused skill-building to help people cope after betrayal, loss, or sudden life changes. Sessions tend to center on identifying what matters most to the person, clarifying goals, and practicing concrete steps that make everyday life more manageable. She draws on methods that help with thinking patterns, emotion regulation, and attachment wounds.
Her background includes long-term work with adults and others affected by substance use, family-of-origin struggles, caregiver stress, and first responder issues. She also supports people dealing with commitment concerns, control problems, abandonment, and communication breakdowns. Julia combines tools from cognitive behavioral work, attachment-based ideas, dialectical skills, and solution-focused strategies as the situation calls for.
People who come to her often want to stop putting others first at their own expense, set firmer boundaries, or recover after a relationship hurt. In sessions she helps people practice new responses, notice unhelpful patterns, and try small experiments that fit daily life. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and more agency in relationships and work.
Her practice places practical planning alongside emotional processing. If someone wants to address career stress, parenting strain, sleep problems, or complicated grief, she works on steps that can be used between sessions while tracking progress toward stated goals.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape expectations and reactions. In practice this means noticing patterns in current relationships, naming attachment-related fears, and trying new ways of relating that feel more balanced. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, testing those thoughts, and practicing different behaviors to reduce distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, like distress tolerance and emotion regulation techniques.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. That assessment and planning is an ongoing, joint process rather than a one-time decision.
The original biography does not list explicit session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills in the context of their everyday routines and try behavioral experiments between sessions to see what changes feel sustainable.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, codependency, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses practical, skills-oriented work combined with attention to attachment patterns. Sessions focus on problem solving, emotion regulation, and practicing new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience working with people affected by trauma, addiction, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Georgia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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