Julie Estrada

Julie Estrada is a Christian, trauma-informed, multiculturally aware, bilingual (French) professional counselor and chemical dependency counselor licensed in Texas. With 4 years of clinical experience in various settings, Julie has worked with clients from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds, addressing a wide range of challenges, from situational life stress to severe mental illness. As a veteran and prior military spouse, Julie has a special affinity for military personnel, veterans, and families. Her areas of expertise include helping clients with stress and anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, coping with addictions, anger management, motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. Julie is deeply committed to providing support to individuals who are working on self-improvement, feeling stuck in the past, or facing difficulty adjusting to life changes. She believes that compassion and relationship-building are essential to the healing process. Julie works collaboratively with her clients to create an open, safe, and validating environment where thoughts, feelings, and topics of faith can be shared without fear of judgment, while promoting personal growth. Her approach utilizes an integrative blend of cognitive behavior therapies, including dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and acceptance commitment therapy, as well as motivational interviewing.