Dr. Julie Griffin , LMHC

Dr. Julie Griffin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Indiana with 18 years of clinical experience. She completed her undergraduate degree and a master’s in clinical and counseling psychology at the University of Louisville, where her graduate training emphasized adult work, forensic applications, and a broad range of clinical disorders. She earned a Doctorate in Psychology from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, which expanded her clinical emphasis to include children, adolescents, and family systems.

Dr. Griffin holds a certification in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and has worked directly in homes with autistic and developmentally delayed children and teens. Her clinical career spans group homes, private practice, schools, prisons, hospitals, and community mental health settings, with experience in adult and family therapy, substance abuse treatment programs, anger management, family reunification, and parenting classes. She brings extensive training in trauma work, substance abuse interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy, and family and play therapy to each case.

Her therapeutic stance is strengths based and tailored to the individual, blending a variety of techniques to meet each client’s needs. She views therapy as a way to help people balance mental, physical, emotional, and social factors so they can function at their best. Outside of clinical work she enjoys arts and crafts, games, and Legos, and has incorporated therapeutic animals into her practice, noting their often intuitive capacity to support clients. Dr. Griffin values the opportunity to learn about human behavior and to witness both struggles and triumphs in therapy. She recognizes that beginning therapy can take courage and offers support to those who seek help, hoping to earn the opportunity to hear each client’s story.