- Warm interactive style
- Focus on practical steps
- Experience with trauma
About Julie
Julie "Renee" McLendon is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with two decades of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career shifts, and other major life changes. Her tone is warm and direct, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone worried about starting therapy.
She frames sessions as interactive conversations rather than lectures. Julie listens for what matters most and then shapes a plan based on each person’s needs. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and sensitivity.
Her background includes long experience supporting people after trauma and emotional abuse, and guiding those dealing with anxiety, depression, and difficult life transitions. Julie also works with people navigating adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and identity matters including kink and alternative sex culture.
Julie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques blended with humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives. That mix lets her use practical tools when helpful and explore deeper patterns when needed. She adapts the conversation and methods to each person’s goals and pace.
People who prefer a supportive, collaborative approach tend to fit well with her style. She encourages clients to set small, concrete goals and to notice progress between sessions. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Julie uses a blend of evidence-based therapeutic techniques together with humanistic and psychodynamic ideas. Cognitive-behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building practical strategies for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Psychodynamic-informed work looks at recurring life patterns and relationships to understand how past experiences shape current reactions, which can help with trauma, attachment, and abandonment issues.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie gathers information about a person’s goals, history, and preferences, then suggests ways to proceed. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods as progress and needs evolve.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow more flexible scheduling. It can also allow shorter check-ins when that suits a person better, or a format that uses less bandwidth if that helps. Licensed professionals can work with people across regions, and Julie accepts international clients, so planning sessions around different time zones is part of the process.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Montana, Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career changes, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, and related topics.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and respectful. She blends evidence-based techniques with humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives and tailors sessions to each person’s needs.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She has 20 years of experience in clinical practice working with a wide range of concerns including trauma and emotional abuse.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Montana and holds the LMFT credential, which stands for licensed marriage and family therapist.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any scheduling considerations when you sign up.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.