About Julia
Julia (Jurate) Mcgarry is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She has seven years of experience helping people facing depression, anxiety, addictions, anger, and stress. Julia also supports those coping with relationship concerns, grief, low self-esteem, and life transitions.
Julia uses a flexible, person-focused approach. She adapts methods to fit each person's needs instead of relying on one fixed model. Sessions are conversational and aimed at practical steps that can be tried between meetings.
How Julia works
Her work often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize what the person wants from therapy and build on their own strengths. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when people want help with change or with issues related to substance use.
Attachment-based ideas inform work around relationship patterns, trust, and intimacy-related concerns. Julia emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can talk through difficult feelings. She helps set clear goals and breaks them into manageable steps.
Many clients appreciate that sessions focus on what to try next, not only on the past. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Julia lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Julia works with
The areas below are the ones Julia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Julia's methods translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by teaching simple exercises to use between sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In virtual sessions, CBT often includes short behavioral experiments and homework that people can try in their daily routines.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and pace, with the therapist offering listening and reflection rather than directing change. This approach works well online because it lets the person lead the topics and set priorities for their work.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Julia will work together with each person to choose which methods to try based on their goals, comfort level, and life context. The plan can shift as progress is made and new needs emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when a lower bandwidth option is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into a busy life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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