Julie Lynn Stanton , LCSW

Julie Lynn Stanton is an individual and group therapist based in North Carolina with more than 30 years of clinical experience working with people across a wide socioeconomic spectrum. She draws on long experience supporting clients through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy difficulties, family problems, bipolar disorder, and a range of life transitions and caregiver or aging-related concerns.

Her work addresses both acute and long-standing challenges - from post-traumatic stress sequelae, emotional flooding, and co-occurring disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance use, to problems with self-esteem, communication at work, chronic pain and illness, and the search for meaning in mid-life and later years. She also attends to issues like codependency, loneliness, guilt and shame, and forgiveness when they arise in therapy.

Julie approaches therapy from the belief that people carry an inner reservoir of wisdom that can guide recovery and growth, yet obstacles such as skill gaps, unhelpful thinking patterns, difficulty self-soothing, feelings of helplessness, and limited access to resources can block that capacity. Her role is to form a collaborative working partnership in which clients can safely disclose concerns, identify goals, and explore practical pathways toward healing. She is credentialed as an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and she welcomes the opportunity to support those seeking change and greater competence in their lives.