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Julie Shortridge
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LSW, LPC
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Couple Sessions $150
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Elevance
- Great-West Life
- Health Advocate
- Humana
- Magellan
- MultiPlan
- North Point/Browns Bridge
- Optum
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Georgia / LPC003547 Julie Shortridge
- Membership with Additude ADHD
- Certificate from American Christian Counseling Association Certificate / 2013
- Attended Ashland Theological Seminary, Graduated 1992
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Women's Issues
- Anxiety
- Child
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
2 Endorsements
Client Focus
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Communities
Ethnicity
Religion
Age
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Communities
Ethnicity
Religion
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Christian Counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Imago
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
Groups
Men's Group: How to have a successful relationship
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What not to say to your loved one. This group is a lot of fun ... A group where we will come together and work on enhancing your communication with your loved one. Do you often get feedback that you are insensitive, forget, not listening, selfish, more involved in sports that your loved one. If so, this group is for you. This group is forming now. Please contact me if you are interested in this group alifesjourney_julie@outlook.com
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
A Life's Journey, Inc. - Cumming Office
5991 Parkway North Blvd
Suite B
Cumming, GA 30040
Self-Injury
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Time to be determined. I am forming a Self-Injury 13 week group for males and females (age 13-18). This group is currently on hold due to the pandemic. I will keep you updated when it resumes. More to come... If interested please e-mail me at alifesjourney_julie@outlook.com
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
A Life's Journey, Inc.
5991 Parkway N Blvd
Suite B
Cumming, GA 30040
Newly Divorced
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I am forming a group for adults who have been divorced at least 6 months and are struggling with the transition and emotions related to being newly divorced. It is a 10-12 week group. If you are interested please e-mail at alifesjourney_julie@outlook.com This group is currently on hold due to the pandemic.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
A Life's Journey, Inc.
5991 Parkway N Blvd
Suite B
Cumming, GA 30040
Location
Primary Location
A Life's Journey, Inc.
1445 Haw Creek Circle East
Suite 503
Cumming, GA 30041
(678) 696-0938Email me
Additional Location
A Life's Journey, Inc.
2047 Grayson Highway
Grayson, GA 30017
(678) 696-0938Nearby Areas
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