01 · Who Julianna works with

Julianna works with stress, Anxiety, addictions and LGBT

Julianna lists 7 specialisms and 36 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Julianna chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Julianna's own words

What Julianna says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Idaho who believes that meaningful therapy begins with feeling heard, understood, and respected. After relocating from Missoula, Montana, to Coeur d’Alene, I’m proud to call North Idaho home and to continue serving individuals and couples in our community.

I earned my Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Montana in 2019 and my Master of Social Work from the University of Louisiana in 2020. I bring more than five years of clinical experience supporting young adults and adults through trauma, life transitions, relationship challenges, substance use, and mental health concerns.

Substance use treatment continues to hold a special place in my heart. I spent seven years with Western Montana Mental Health, supporting women and families from across Montana as they navigated recovery, parenting, trauma, and significant life changes.

My therapeutic approach is trauma-informed, compassionate, and person-centered. I believe you are the expert in your own life, and my role is to walk alongside you-not to tell you who you should be or how you should live. Together, we can identify what is getting in the way of the life and relationships you want and develop practical tools to help you move forward.

I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) and have completed multiple suicide prevention trainings. I also have experience utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and other evidence-based approaches.

I work with young adults, adults, and couples, with a focus on trauma, LGBTQ+ concerns, interpersonal relationships, couples and relationship therapy, substance use, life transitions, and emotional and mental health challenges.

Whether you are working through something from your past, struggling in a relationship, navigating recovery, or simply feeling stuck, you don’t have to figure it all out alone.

I would be honored to meet you where you are, support you without judgment, and help you work toward the goals that matter most to you.

Julianna Bardgett, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Julianna works

The 9 approaches Julianna lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Julianna lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Julianna's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Julianna runs a session.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Reads present-day relationship difficulty through the lens of how safety and closeness were learned early on. The therapeutic relationship itself is treated as part of the work, because it is where the pattern tends to show up first.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and ReprocessingEMDR

A structured trauma protocol in which you hold a distressing memory in mind while following a repeated side-to-side cue. The mechanism is still debated; the outcome data in post-traumatic stress is strong enough that it appears in national treatment guidelines.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Motivational InterviewingMI

A way of talking about change with somebody who is genuinely in two minds about it. The therapist does not argue for the change; they help you say your own reasons out loud, which is the part that predicts whether it happens. Common around substance use and health behaviour.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Julianna practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Julianna's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Julianna at this point.

2. Naming Julianna specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Julianna is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Julianna.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Julianna

Built from what Julianna actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Julianna's - Julianna has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LCSW

Licensed in

Idaho

Licence

ID LCSW LCSW-44658

Licence number

LCSW-44658

Licence expires

26 Apr 2028

NPI

1528730181

Years in practice

7

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

9 Jun 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Julianna's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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