Practitioner record · Checked 9 Oct 2026

Julie Clark has been in practice 20 years and is licensed in Michigan. Julie lists stress, Anxiety, LGBT and self esteem among 18 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.

Everything below is either quoted from Julie's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.

20years in practice
18subjects listed
7approaches listed

01 · Who Julie works with

Julie works with stress, Anxiety, LGBT and self esteem

Julie lists 17 specialisms and 1 further focus area. Specialisms are the subjects Julie chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

Specialisms
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • LGBT
  • Self esteem
  • Depression
  • Coping with life changes
  • Addictions
  • Relationship issues
  • Trauma and abuse
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • Parenting issues
  • Anger management
  • Career difficulties
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Coaching
  • Compassion fatigue
  • ADHD
Also experienced with
  • Visually impaired

02 · In Julie's own words

What Julie says about the work

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

Julie K. Clark founded Collective Impact Services, LLC in 2015, and serves as the Director of Services as well as provides therapy services. She is a State of Michigan Board Certified CRC, LPC, and MITS. Currently Julie is working through her Development Plan for her CAADC with MCBAP.

Ms. Clark started Collective Impact Services, LLC to help others see the depths of possibilities that exist just beneath the surface and to find balance, purpose, contentment and harmony with one’s self. Julie can help through counseling, supervision, training, referrals, and net-working.

Julie K. Clark has over 20 + years of experience in the field of counseling. She provides an environment of trust and emotional safety, working toward growth and solution-focused results.

Ms. Clark is able to provide professional rehabilitation counseling services, including vocational guidance, physical restoration training & placement to physically and mentally disabled persons. She currently informs the community and general public about resources of vocational rehabilitation services within assigned geographic areas.

Ms. Clark provides an innovative approach to treating a variety of mental and emotional concerns for people of all ages. She has worked diligently to establish relationships with community partners. A personal strength is her ability to create innovative programs and partnerships to benefit her consumers.

At Collective Impact Services, LLC we believe in providing quality professional counseling services to individuals, couples, and families as well as professionals seeking their full LPC licensure. We commonly see clients struggling with common mental health difficulties and other life problems such as: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD); Clients Facing Problems Coping with a New or Existing Disability; Depression & Anxiety; Eating Disorders; Employment Needs; General Counseling for Children, Teens, Adults, Couples and Families; Grief, Loss and Life Transitions; Relationship Difficulties/Divorce; Stress Management; Supervision for LLPC’S; Suicide Prevention; Transition to College and Career Success; Understand Yourself, Explore Various Career Options, Learn to Set Meaningful Goals and choose the right education and training path to achieve them; Trauma: including loss of a loved one, Sexual Assault, LGBTQ, Domestic Violence, Family Crisis & PTSD; and Addition Support.

All Licenses and Certifications are up to date and in good standing.

Collective Impact Service, LLC. is not a crisis center. If you are in need of immediate help please call 911 and/or your local Third Level Crisis Hotline, or go to your nearest emergency department. If you are having suicidal thoughts and live in the U.S., you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-784-2433.

“To ensure that a conflict of interest does not arise with Ms. Clark’s responsibility’s as a Rehabilitation Counselor with the Department of Labor And Economic Opportunity, MRS- Michigan Rehabilitation Services and her self-employment actinides as stated on her supplemental employment approval request, Ms. Clark is not to provide any counseling services to mutual clients and will need to deny services.

Thank you for your interest in our services Julie would love to help you or your loved ones. “Dreams Don’t Work Unless You Do!

Julie Clark, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Julie works

The 7 approaches Julie lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Julie lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Julie'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 Julie runs a session.

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.
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.
Narrative Therapy
Treats the story you tell about your life as something that can be examined and retold rather than as the plain facts. Separates the person from the problem - “the anxiety” rather than “your anxiety” - to make room for the parts the current story leaves out.
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.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Julie 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 Julie'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 Julie at this point.

  2. Naming Julie specifically

    BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Julie 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 Julie.

  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

4 questions worth asking Julie

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

  • “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred 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.

  • “With 20 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

    Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

  • “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
LPC
Licensed in
Michigan
Licence
MI LPC 6401011220
Licence number
6401011220
Licence expires
11 Dec 2027
NPI
1164892873
Years in practice
20
Gender
Female
Languages
English
International clients
Not accepted
Listed since
15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Julie'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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