I want therapy to be an active, engaged space where you can look honestly at painful patterns and start building the relationships and life you actually want, not the one you've settled for. I'm Julie Thatcher, and I work with individuals, couples, and teenagers 12 and up on addiction recovery, trauma, and the relationship strain that often comes with both.

You don't have to have it figured out before you walk in the door. I'm trained in EMDR, a treatment that helps the brain reprocess difficult memories so they stop feeling as raw and present-tense as they once did, and I'm a Certified RLT Relational Coach through the Relational Life Institute, now working toward the final level of RLT certification. Relational Life Therapy is a couples approach built around direct, honest communication rather than polite avoidance. For addiction-related work specifically, I also draw on 12-step integration, meeting clients where they already are in that process rather than asking them to choose one framework over the other. I hold a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling and continue building on that training through ongoing EMDR and RLT coursework.

I practice under the supervision of Margaret MacLeod, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, which means every case I carry gets a second, credentialed set of eyes on it as part of standard practice, not as a backup plan.

I'm a good fit for someone in Tacoma or across Washington state working through addiction recovery or trauma who wants an EMDR-trained associate clinician, and who'd rather talk about what's actually happening than perform having it together.

Request a session or start an intake form to get going. If you're not sure whether EMDR or RLT is the right fit for your situation, send a question first and we can talk through it before you book. Recovery work in particular tends to move at its own pace, and I'd rather build a plan that actually fits your life than push a timeline that doesn't.