About Julissa
Julissa Aquan is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She has 11 years of experience helping people through anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and other life challenges. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to make hard conversations easier to start.
She focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Julissa uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking. She also draws on acceptance and commitment methods to help people clarify their values and take steady action.
Background and approach
Julissa pays attention to how attachment and early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions she helps people notice those patterns and practice different ways of connecting. The work often includes learning emotional skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense feelings and stay steady in relationships.
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered. Julissa listens first, then offers techniques that fit a person's goals and life. She explains options plainly and helps people experiment to see what works for them.
She also brings a broad focus to topics like parenting, caregiving, body image, chronic health concerns, and career stress. People who want calm, straightforward guidance for coping with anxiety and life changes may find her approach useful.
How Julissa’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and when someone wants clearer priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and trying new behaviors to change mood and stress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing day-to-day stressors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julissa treats this as a collaboration, discussing goals and trying methods together. She will explain different options, tailor techniques to a person’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is evaluated.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video calls let people work face to face when they want a deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging works well for quick check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone prefers typing their thoughts. These options offer flexibility to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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