About Julie
Julie Barzal is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults and adolescents on concerns like depression, anger, low self-esteem, grief, substance use, and relationship or family strain. Julie brings seven years of practical therapy experience and a direct, compassionate approach to each session.
She uses familiar, hands-on methods in sessions. Julie draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thought patterns.
Background and approach
She uses client-centered work to listen closely and build goals that matter to the individual. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people practice values-based actions even when feelings are strong. Julie has experience with telehealth and in-person care in Ohio.
She has supported people facing LGBTQ-IA concerns, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and recovery from substance use. Her experience also includes crisis and case management for adolescents and adults. In the room she emphasizes active listening, cultural humility, and practical problem solving.
She aims to meet people where they are and to pace work around real-life demands like parenting or career stress. Sessions are collaborative and focused on small, achievable changes. Outside of clinical work she values perseverance and second chances.
Her background includes returning to college as an adult and becoming a parent at a young age. That perspective informs a hopeful, nonjudgmental style that encourages steady progress.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is useful when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way of everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that feed anxiety and depression. It often includes clear practice tasks to use between sessions.Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and try methods that match their needs and preferences. Together they will adjust the plan over time so work stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation from home or work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, real-time written support, and a way to work through smaller tasks between appointments. These formats make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit around parenting, work, and other daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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