- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LICSW, LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Anger management
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Julie
Julie Barzal is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. She brings a calm, practical approach and focuses on meeting each person where they are. Julie wants parents and caregivers to feel heard and supported as they navigate everyday struggles.
She uses straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches and client-centered work. Sessions often focus on clear goals, problem solving, and building skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Julie also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful steps. Julie has seven years of professional experience and holds LICSW and LISW credentials. Her background includes working with adults and adolescents around grief, blended family concerns, substance use, compassion fatigue, and identity-related stress.
She frames therapy as a collaborative effort rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. In sessions she listens closely, asks practical questions, and offers tools clients can try between meetings. She emphasizes cultural humility, gender and identity inclusion, and a strengths-based outlook.
Julie aims for therapy to be challenging at times, but also clear and useful. Outside clinical work she shares that she became a parent as a teenager and returned to college later in life, experiences that inform her empathy for life transitions. Those personal details shape how she connects with people juggling complicated roles and responsibilities.
What Julie works with
Everything Julie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Julie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear about what matters to them and take small actions toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and parenting decisions where values guide choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It suits people who want tools to manage anxiety, low mood, or problematic habits with homework and measurable steps.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood. This approach supports personal exploration and helps people feel more confident making changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Julie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone is good for lower bandwidth or a quick check-in, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, and life demands.
Questions people ask about Julie
What concerns does Julie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, relationship strain, substance use, and related issues such as self-esteem and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, mixing goal-focused techniques with client-centered listening and acceptance-based strategies.
What is her professional background?
Julie has seven years of clinical experience and has supported adolescents and adults through counseling, telehealth, crisis work, and case management.
What credentials and region are on file?
She holds LICSW and LISW credentials and is licensed in Ohio.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
Julie provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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