- Emotion-focused methods
- CBT and ACT
- LGBTQ-IA support
About Julie
Julie Barzal is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW and LISW, practicing in Ohio with seven years of experience. She works with adults and adolescents around stress, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem, grief, addictions, and relationship and family concerns. Julie also addresses topics like parenting, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Julie uses practical, goal-focused approaches in sessions. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and the Gottman Method to guide work on emotions, patterns, and daily coping. Sessions involve listening, reflecting, and trying small changes that can reduce distress or improve communication.
Her background includes direct counseling, telehealth work, crisis support, and case management with adolescents and adults. Julie has experience with LGBTQ-IA concerns, blended family issues, substance use disorders, and caregiver stress. She has also worked with people facing chronic illness, bereavement, and life transitions.
Julie identifies strengths such as active listening, cultural humility, and advocacy in her practice. She uses a client-centered, strengths-based stance and aims to help people name difficult feelings and try new ways of responding. Practical problem solving and motivational techniques are part of how she helps people move forward.
Outside of work she notes personal details that shape her perspective: she is ambidextrous, became a parent as a teenager, and returned to college later in life to earn her degrees. These experiences inform her focus on persistence and realistic change.
How Julie uses EFT, ACT and CBT online
Julie integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and work with painful emotions and patterns that show up in relationships and daily life. EFT focuses on identifying emotional responses and shifting how people connect to their feelings so they can respond differently.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify values and take small committed steps toward them, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and tests practical changes. ACT is useful for living with difficult thoughts, while CBT is handy for learning new coping skills and changing unhelpful thinking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julie will discuss options and decide together which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process helps shape what a course of sessions looks like.
Her biography notes experience with telehealth therapy, but specific session formats should be confirmed before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into work and family schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or let them avoid travel. Talk with her about how sessions can be scheduled and structured to match everyday life and practical constraints.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Ohio, Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, grief, addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting, ADHD, and related issues.
What therapeutic approach does she use?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and the Gottman Method.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional therapy experience working with adolescents and adults in counseling, crisis support, and case management.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds MA LICSW and OH LISW credentials and practices in Ohio.
What languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
The biography notes telehealth therapy experience; confirm current session format options before booking to be sure.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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