Julie Vierling
She/Her
Licensed Therapist, MSW, LISW
About
I'm a supportive and individualized OCD therapist. My aim is to meet people where they are and assist them in accomplishing their goals by providing a safe and calm environment. Each person has differing struggles and begins treatment at different points of readiness. But through ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), people can actually get better and stay better. The most gratifying aspect of my job is watching this happen in just a few months. I'm also experienced in treating children and adolescents, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), and eating disorders.
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About
I'm a supportive and individualized OCD therapist. My aim is to meet people where they are and assist them in accomplishing their goals by providing a safe and calm environment. Each person has differing struggles and begins treatment at different points of readiness. But through ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), people can actually get better and stay better. The most gratifying aspect of my job is watching this happen in just a few months. I'm also experienced in treating children and adolescents, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), and eating disorders.
INSURANCE ACCEPTED
Takes Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Ascension SmartHealth, Blue Care Network HMO, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Cigna, Forest County Potawatomi, Health Alliance Plan (HAP), Horizon BCBS, Imagine Health, Independence Blue Cross, Kaiser Permanente, Key Benefit Administrators, Oscar Health, Partners Direct Health, Priority Health, United Healthcare
LOCATION
Licensed in Michigan, Ohio, Virginia
EDUCATION
- MSW, University of Michigan School of Social Work (1993)
- NOCD Academy, OCD Training Program
CULTURAL COMPETENCIES
BIPOC, Agnosticism, Atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE
OCD, Anxiety, Depression, Phobias, Skin picking, Hair pulling, Nail biting, Tics, Children and Adolescents
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Why our members love working with Julie
A.W.
Jun 25, 2024
Julie is very kind and knowledgeable. I felt comfortable with her right away and I appreciate her support during our sessions. I highly recommend her. Thank you for your help Julie!
C.S.
Jan 14, 2024
My therapy took an unexpected turn this year when unpredicted, unprecedented life events left me reeling. Prior to the unfolding of events this summer, I had reached a point in which I felt nearly "recovered" from my maladaptive OCD patterns and tendencies, thanks to my work with Julie. However, due to the stressors of life events, I have struggled with maintaining my newly-formed healthy habits. Julie has been a constant source of support, and patience, as I attempt to navigate uncertain circumstances and keep applying my healthy coping habits despite the stress of uncertainty. I cannot comfortably check the "I'm clear on what comes next" box, due to my own resistance to making major plans in my uncertain life situation, but it is in no way a reflection of Julie's strength as a therapist. She is a kind but firm, supportive practitioner of ERP, who has always supported my ability to practice self-care without validating rumination the way traditional CBT did (for me anyway). I have nothing but gratitude for my encounters with Julie.
C.S.
Nov 01, 2023
Julie has done a wonderful job helping me to understand and effectively manage my compulsive mental habits. I have strategies for handling intrusive thoughts so that I don’t immediately identify with them anymore, and I’m able to get observe them, rather than follow the maladaptive path of rumination that I’ve walked for so long.
M.H.
Sep 21, 2023
I always get so much out of my meetings with Julie!
M.S.
Sep 12, 2023
Julie has really helped me! So glad to have started this journey and wish I had begun it years ago!
M.S.
Sep 08, 2023
Julie is wonderful! She really helped me and pitched the session at the appropriate level. I feel like I am making progress.
M.H.
Aug 25, 2023
Julie is great!!!!
M.H.
Aug 17, 2023
Julie is such a great listener!
M.H.
Jul 20, 2023
Julie has been such a tremendous help to me. Every week she manages to bring new insight into the ways of OCD and the tools to effectively deal with it.
M.H.
Jul 13, 2023
Julie is so helpful to me in being able to spot my ocd and help me to see it for what it is.
M.H.
Jun 15, 2023
Julie is always so helpful! Today she helped me recognize OCD when I was struggling. She helps me feel empowered!
M.H.
May 25, 2023
The things Julie says during our sessions really hit home! She has helped me to see what OCD really!!!
C.L.
May 24, 2023
Thank you, Julie!
C.S.
May 17, 2023
Julie has been my rock lately. I’m dealing with a difficult situation in my personal life and she’s not only helping me to navigate the associated feelings, but to stay aware of how my OCD patterns of thinking can emerge unnoticed during times of stress and change.
M.H.
May 03, 2023
Julie is very easy to talk to!!!
C.L.
Jan 03, 2023
Julie helped me to use ERP to address and come down from a very stressful place today. She is awesome!
L.B.
Nov 15, 2022
So happy to have found Julie and start this journey. She gets it
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