Julie Zemke , LCSW

Julie Zemke is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use challenges. She combines a direct, authentic style with compassion, aiming to empower people to set healthy boundaries, speak up for their needs, and build confidence in everyday life. Julie often emphasizes practical skills - including humor as a coping strategy - while teaching tools that improve emotion regulation, relationships, and overall functioning.

Her professional background spans inpatient and residential care, jail settings, crisis intervention, and outpatient mental health clinics, giving her a broad perspective on co-occurring conditions and complex presentations. Clinically she integrates evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address mood symptoms, addiction, trauma, grief, anger, and compassion fatigue.

Licensed to practice in Georgia, Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona, Julie holds the LCSW credential, which signifies advanced training and licensure to provide clinical social work services. She finds fulfillment in listening carefully and offering concrete interventions that support lasting change. Although she has traditionally offered video, phone, and live chat sessions on weekends and weeknights and remains highly accessible via messaging, she is not currently accepting new clients and does not work with international clients.