About Julie
Julie Barzal is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who aims to make starting therapy simple and understandable. She draws on seven years of clinical experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, grief, addiction concerns, and identity-related questions. Julie approaches sessions with empathy and a straightforward style to help people take practical steps forward.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. That can mean learning skills to change unhelpful thoughts, practicing acceptance and values-based action, or focusing on emotional connection and communication.
How Julie works
Sessions are conversational and focused on small, doable changes that build over time. Julie has worked with adults and adolescents in clinical and telehealth settings, providing counseling, crisis work, and case management. She holds an MA and practices in Ohio as an LICSW and LISW.
Her background includes supporting people navigating blended family issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and substance use challenges. In sessions she relies on active listening, cultural humility, and a strengths-based perspective. Julie encourages clients to bring concrete concerns to each visit so they can leave with practical steps.
She aims to make therapy a collaborative process centered on each person’s goals. Outside clinical work she values resilience and second chances. Her life story includes returning to college later in life and becoming a parent as a teen, experiences she says inform her commitment to working alongside others through difficult changes.
Julie lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Julie works with
The areas below are the ones Julie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How Julie’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms like depression or anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and reshaping emotional responses and communication, which can help with intimacy and relationship-related concerns.Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Julie will talk with each person about their goals, life situation, and preferences, then suggest a mix of methods. The plan can change as progress is made so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging lets people send brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistency over time.
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