About Julia
Julia Szpakiewicz is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and eating concerns. Julia takes a straightforward, respectful approach and centers the person’s own knowledge of their life when working together.
She believes people already hold strengths they can build on. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Julia offers support that aims to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day functioning. Her experience spans many settings and common life challenges. She listens for patterns around attachment, body image, communication problems, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress.
That background helps her tailor meetings to what each person actually needs. Julia works collaboratively to set goals and to try approaches that match a person’s preferences. She emphasizes self-compassion and learning new ways to cope with workplace stress and changing life roles.
Conversations aim to be direct, kind, and goal-oriented. Practical matters are part of the work. Julia uses sessions to teach coping skills, practice communication, and plan small experiments clients can test between meetings.
The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Evidence-Based Techniques for Online Anxiety and Stress Work
Julia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One approach emphasizes learning coping and relaxation strategies to manage anxious thoughts and physical tension; these are practical exercises clients can practice between sessions to reduce stress. Another approach focuses on improving communication and attachment patterns, helping people notice relationship triggers and try different ways of connecting that reduce conflict and increase understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist meets each person where they are and will suggest methods based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process with room to adjust methods as progress is tracked and new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to stay connected. Video calls let people work face to face when discussion and exercises benefit from seeing each other. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging support quick exchanges, journaling prompts, or brief coaching between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and changing routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California, Texas, New Jersey, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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