Licensed to practice in California and accepts 72 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Autism, LGBTQ and 5 more.
Julie Knight
(she/they)
About me
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 30 years of experience in the mental health field. I love working with clients who are seeking help while going through a challenging time/situation in life, or are seeking help to heal from trauma, burnout, or chronic stress. My approach is Trauma-Informed and Person-Centered, which means the focus is on you and your strengths, challenges, and experiences. I use Compassionate Inquiry to help you develop insight about yourself and what kind of personal growth and improvement you want to see in your life. I also use IFS, or parts therapy, and focus on your inner dialogue and parts of you that need to be healed, or loved. I like to help clients find ways of improving your inner life to match your goals, experience reduced symptoms of stress, and experience a greater sense of personal well-being. Of course, I am also well-practiced in CBT, as well as Solution-Focused Therapy. I like to use the approach that makes the most sense based on the individual and their circumstances.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Through gentle and compassionate inquiry, I guide clients to tell the story of what they are experiencing now, and in the past, that is contributing to the issues that brought them to therapy. Clients feeling emotionally safe is my number one priority from the first session.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I am queer, gender non-conforming and neurodivergent myself, so I bring my personal experience, as well as my knowledge, to helping LGBTQAI+ and neurodivergent folks. In reading reviews from my clients, I often see them mention how supported, understood, and genuinely cared for they feel working with me. I am nurturing and gentle, and yet also insightful and able to help you see your authentic self. I like to use some free online personality tests you can take to help you know yourself and better understand your values, needs, and steps you can take to improve your life and overall sense of well-being. My clients appreciate that I am a progressive minded person and am not politically conservative. I work a lot with clients who are finding family relationships difficult due to different political beliefs. My own fixation on human psychology has been prominent since my teen years. I love reading about new approaches and insights about human psychology. Catch me in my free time, outside with a book and music in my earbuds, enjoying nature and learning more about the human condition. I also love poetry. Mary Oliver and Andrea Gibson are favorites. I have 4 cats and love animals and creatures of all kinds. I have two adult children, and have progressive views of parenting, including the concept of Gentle Parenting and Mindful Parenting. There are times in therapy when it might make sense to re-parent some younger parts of you, so understanding good parenting can become an important part of therapy, even if you don't have or want children.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
Most of my clients present with issues with stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and challenging life situations. I have a lot of experience working with LGBTQ+ folks, as well as people who are neurodivergent (autism spectrum, highly sensitive, ADHD). Most of my clients are outside-the-box type folks and may have difficulty feeling safe to be themselves. I have worked a lot with clients who are deconstructing from conservative religious upbringings. I love helping people discover what they believe spiritually, if that is important to the client.
Specialties
Top specialties
Anxiety
Autism
LGBTQ
Other specialties
ADHD
Bipolar Disorder
Coping Skills
Self Esteem
Women's Issues
Identifies as
LGBTQ
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Licensed in
California
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Ambetter from Health Net
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Blue Cross
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Sutter Health Plan
IHSS Healthy Workers
Cash - $60 per session
Centivo
Central California Alliance for Health (Medi-Cal)
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
GTEB
Gold Coast Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Gold Coast Health Plan Total Care Advantage (HMO D-SNP)
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
Health Net (Medi-Cal)
Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley (Medi-Cal)
CalViva Health (Medi-Cal)
Health Plan of San Joaquin/Mountain Valley Health Plan – Medi-Cal
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
L.A. Care Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
L.A. Care Medicare Plus (HMO D-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Partnership HealthPlan of California (Medi-Cal)
SFHP Care Plus (HMO D-SNP)
San Francisco Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Santa Clara Family Health Plan - Medi-Cal
Scripps Health Plan
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
Location
Virtual
1 rating with written reviews
January 23, 2026
I am fortunate to find a therapist that I can trust given the level of specialized care I need. Jules is safe to quickly dive into difficult topics and holds a mirror up to help me see the things outside the lens of trauma. We use art as a medium for IFS. She accepts my unconventional approach to navigating extreme internal conflict. It's certainly abstract and requires above average EQ. Our sessions feel safe and I walk away with words of wisdom that reflect back in the days that follow.