Whether you’re rebuilding after something hard, changing direction in your career, or holding a family through a transition — this is one-on-one work, at your pace, with someone who has spent 25 years alongside women in exactly these moments.
Ask about a free 20-minute callWomen in the middle of a change.
Some of my clients are survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or trafficking. Some are parents whose family is reorganizing. Some are changing careers, going back to work, or leaving work. Most are somewhere in between and don’t have a tidy word for it.
You don’t need a label to work with me. You don’t need to explain everything up front. You don’t need to be in crisis — and you don’t need to be over it.
We start with a free 20-minute call. No cost, no commitment, no forms to fill out. You tell me what you’re working on. I tell you honestly whether I’m the right person for it — and if I’m not, I’ll help you find who is.
After that, it’s just us. One-on-one, remote, from wherever you are. You set the pace and you set the agenda. Some people come for a few weeks. Some come for months. Some come back years later.
No. And the difference matters, so here it is plainly.
Coaching is forward-looking. We start where you are now and work toward what you want next — a decision, a transition, a plan, a boundary, a return to work, a life that looks different than it does today. You set the goal. I help you get there.
Coaching is not treatment. It is not therapy. It is not treatment for trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, or any mental health condition. It is not crisis intervention and it is not emergency support.
I am a licensed social worker and a Certified Sexual Assault Counselor in Pennsylvania. That training shapes how I coach: I understand trauma, and I will never ask you to walk back through yours in order to work with me. But in this practice I am not acting as your therapist or your counselor. We are not in a clinical relationship, and coaching is not a substitute for mental health care.
Yes, and many people do. They do different jobs. If you are already working with a therapist, coaching does not replace them and I am happy to work alongside that.
If what you need is therapy, that is a good and worthwhile thing to go find, and I am glad to help you find it. If you are in danger right now, the resources at the bottom of this page can help immediately.
$100 a session.
$500 for six sessions.
That’s the whole price list. No tiers, no packages, no subscription, nothing to cancel. Pay as you go, or take the six — whichever suits you better.
There’s nothing to buy on this page. When you’re ready, we’ll sort it out between us.
Everyone deserves safety. Safety reminds me of a weathered porch swing, the silvery moon shining through a weeping willow tree, and my grandmother singing to me.
Julie C. Evans, MSW. Licensed social worker. Certified Sexual Assault Counselor in Pennsylvania.
I’ve spent 25 years in violence prevention — 18 of them directing prevention services at Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, and four as its Interim Director of Victim Response & Prevention Services. I’ve worked with more than 500 schools, universities, businesses, and agencies, and trained state coalitions in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Washington, Massachusetts, Maine, and North Carolina.
That’s the résumé. What it means for you is simpler: there is very little you could tell me that I haven’t heard before, and nothing you could tell me that would make me think less of you.
Julie C. Evans, MSW, is a licensed social worker and a Certified Sexual Assault Counselor in Pennsylvania, with 25 years in violence prevention — including 18 years directing prevention services at Pittsburgh Action Against Rape. She coaches from that experience. She is not providing therapy or clinical care in this practice.
These are colleagues from Julie’s 25 years in violence prevention — not coaching clients. They speak to how she works.
Julie is a practiced and expert trainer, with a track record of changing minds and hearts.
Kristy TrautmannExecutive Director, FISA Foundation
The communication from Julie is always concise, yet thorough… works well collaboratively, welcomes feedback.
Denise M. ScotlandTraining and Technical Assistance Specialist – Underserved Populations, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Julie is an incredible trainer, facilitator, supervisor and mentor… will bring out the best in every person she works with.
Laurella SummersFormer Supervisor of Prevention Services, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
I will not leave a voicemail, send a text, or reply to an email unless you’ve told me it’s safe. If you call and I miss you, I won’t leave a message. If you’d rather I did, just say so.
Tell me how it’s safe to answer you, and when. Which way — email, text, a call. What times are safe. If there are hours when someone else has your phone, tell me that too. I’ll follow it exactly.
Two things worth knowing before you contact anyone, including me:
An email you send stays in your Sent folder, and it lives in your account — if someone else can open your account, they can read it. A call stays in your phone’s recent calls, and deleting it there doesn’t remove it from a phone bill.
If that’s a problem, you don’t have to solve it from where you are. A library computer works. So does a friend’s phone, or a new email address that only you know about. Reach me any way that’s safe for you — I don’t need to know which.
None of this is meant to worry you. You know your situation better than I do. I’d just rather tell you than let you find out.