Background: Julie is an AASW registered Social Worker with over fifteen years of experience supporting individuals through trauma, mental health challenges, stress, and major life transitions.
Specialty: Julie specialises in supporting individuals experiencing anxiety, depression and stress; grief and loss; parenting challenges; ageing and end of life; and experiences related to cultural identity and marginalisation. She also works with LGBTQIA+ clients and people navigating identity, belonging and life transitions.
Through close family connections, Julie has also spent significant time with Aboriginal community and welcomes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients who may be looking for support outside their own community. She approaches this work with cultural humility, recognising the importance of listening, learning and never assuming expertise in another person’s lived experience.
Approach: Julie takes a holistic and integrative approach, tailoring each session to your unique experiences and needs. Her work draws on somatic practices, strengths-based frameworks, and process-oriented methods, supporting you to explore what is coming up in a way that feels grounded and manageable.
She is guided by a deep respect for your inner wisdom, working alongside you as you move toward healing, growth, and greater self-awareness. Julie focuses on creating a space where you can feel safe, supported, and able to explore your experiences at your own pace.
Perspective: Julie brings a warm and collaborative presence to her work, creating a supportive environment for meaningful self-exploration. She believes that feeling genuinely seen, heard and understood can create a strong foundation for change.
Her practice is grounded in respect, curiosity and cultural humility. She aims to create a space where you can bring your experiences and identity without feeling you need to explain or educate, while exploring what matters to you and moving forward in a way that feels aligned and supportive.
More About Julie
Julie Ritchie is an AASW registered Social Worker offering supportive, holistic counselling for individuals navigating anxiety, depression and stress, grief and loss, parenting, ageing and end of life, and identity-related experiences. She provides online counselling across Australia, making support accessible and flexible.
Julie brings over fifteen years of experience supporting individuals through trauma, mental health challenges, and major life transitions. She works with people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ communities and those navigating cultural identity and marginalisation.
Her approach is integrative and grounded in somatic practices, strengths-based frameworks, and process-oriented methods. Julie supports clients to explore their experiences in a way that feels safe and manageable, reconnect with their inner resources, and move toward meaningful change.
Julie values warmth, collaboration, and creating a space where you feel genuinely seen and heard. She supports clients to build self-awareness, process their experiences, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Booking With Julie
Availability: Mondays and Fridays
Timezone: VIC (AEST)
Where: Online counselling only
Offers couples counselling? No
Offers counselling to under 18’s? No
Cost: $70-$160 – check our sliding scale here
Specialties:
How to Book
- Think about your goals for counselling, and which counsellor might be a good match
- Send an email to the counsellor you’d like to work with requesting an appointment
- In the rare event you don’t hear from your counsellor within 24 hours, please contact us
Not sure who might be the right fit for you? Contact us and we’re happy to make a recommendation
Intake Process
- Initial appointments are $70 for individuals, or $80 for couples
- Due to our counsellor’s busy schedules, they cannot do intakes over the phone
- Your intake session will include discussing what supports you need, your goals for counselling, and to decide whether your counsellor is a good match for you
- If you decide that the fit isn’t right, you can ask to be referred to someone else – no offence will be taken!
Important Notice
There are some people that our counsellors can’t work with – not because we don’t want to, but because we want you to have the best possible care.
If you currently experience domestic violence, are having a mental health crisis, are experiencing severe substance dependency issues, or other acute crises, we can’t provide you with the level of support you deserve. However, we will use your initial appointment to connect you with places that specialise in these issues, so you can get the best possible care.
