About Julia
Julia Spaude is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Washington who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life changes. She focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Julia aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk honestly about what’s hard and what matters to them.
She uses straightforward methods to build skills for everyday life. Sessions may include identifying patterns that cause worry, practicing small behavior changes, and trying mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing is used to clarify what clients want and to support sustainable steps toward those goals. Julia believes each person knows their story best. She helps people notice strengths they already have and applies approaches that fit each person’s needs.
This includes work on self-esteem, coping after loss, and navigating relationship or parenting stress. For people managing chronic pain, illness, or caregiver stress, she blends practical problem-solving with attention to emotions and values. She also supports those dealing with identity concerns, body image, and work-related burnout.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Over her seven years of practice she has focused on helping people move from feeling stuck to taking achievable steps forward. Sessions are offered in English to residents of Washington.
Approaches that guide online sessions and real-life change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small meaningful steps, even when worry or discomfort shows up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation that follows the client’s pace and priorities.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they adjust methods as needed so the work feels relevant and doable.
Online sessions can fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and do exercises together, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent across work, caregiving, or medical routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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