Julie Duncan

Julie Duncan is a Minnesota Psychologist (MN Psychologist LP4663) with three years of experience in community mental health. She focuses on life purpose, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and coping with major life changes. She also works with grief, parenting concerns, bipolar and mood disorders, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.

Her approach is interactive and person-centered. She combines Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people notice what keeps them stuck and to try new ways of responding. Sessions are practical and conversational rather than academic.

Julie has worked with people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse. She has supported individuals on the autism spectrum and parents raising children with ASD. She has experience with paranoia, panic attacks, postpartum depression, and issues tied to family of origin, guilt, shame, and isolation.

In sessions she helps people clarify values, practice skills for managing anxiety or mood, and weigh options when life changes feel overwhelming. She uses straightforward tools from CBT alongside reflective, client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to help people make decisions they can live with.

People who are new to therapy are welcome. To begin, she asks clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Julie practices in Minnesota and conducts work in English.

How Julie’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflection, and helping people articulate what matters to them. In an online setting this can mean longer check-ins and guided conversation to help identify values and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is skills-focused and practical. Online sessions can include behavioral experiments, thought records, and short between-session exercises to address anxiety, depression, panic, or mood patterns.

Motivational Interviewing aims to resolve mixed feelings and increase motivation for change. Online meetings can be used to weigh options, explore ambivalence, and set small achievable goals.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will work with each person to pick techniques that match their concerns, goals, and how they prefer to work. That may mean leaning more on CBT tools for symptom management or using reflective, client-centered conversation when someone is clarifying life purpose.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or reduce travel time so therapy fits around work or family responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to the online setting to keep progress moving forward.