Julie RiderLMFT

Julie Rider is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience practicing in California. She focuses her work on anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also spends time teaching parenting skills and supporting people through issues around pregnancy and childbirth and postpartum depression.

Julie uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions. She listens first, then helps clients name what matters and set small steps. Many people find this approach useful when daily demands feel overwhelming or when sleep, stress, or self-esteem are taking a toll.

Her background includes long experience with trauma, grief, relationship strain, and compassion fatigue. She often helps people who are juggling career pressures, parenting responsibilities, and complicated life changes. She also brings attention to multicultural and aging concerns when those issues come up.

Julie draws on client-centered methods to keep the focus on each person's goals. She combines that with cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and solution-focused work to set achievable next steps. Mindfulness practices are offered to strengthen breathing, focus, and coping during hard moments.

Sessions are conversational and goal-minded. Julie aims to teach practical skills that can fit into busy lives. If you are looking for calm, steady support through a stressful time or a difficult transition, she can help you clarify the next steps and practice them in real life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Julie often uses client-centered work to keep sessions focused on what matters most to the individual. This approach emphasizes listening, validation, and building goals that feel personally meaningful. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is another tool she uses to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Julie will discuss options with each person and collaborate to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pace and tools as progress is made, aiming for short-term wins and longer-term coping skills.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and allow for brief check-ins between appointments. It can also support practicing skills in real-world settings and maintaining continuity when life gets hectic.