Julia Brown, LCSW

Julia Brown is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She focuses on practical steps people can take right away. She listens carefully and works with each person to set clear, achievable goals.

Her approach mixes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with acceptance and mindfulness skills. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try small behavior changes, and practice new ways of relating to thoughts and feelings. Sessions are collaborative and geared toward real-world results.

Julia also uses elements of client-centered and dialectical behavior approaches when they fit the person's needs. She supports people coping with grief, trauma, relationship strain, and parenting stress. She helps clients build stronger communication, set boundaries, and handle big life changes.

Clients who face chronic illness, caregiver strain, or workplace burnout will find focused strategies for managing symptoms and daily routines. She can also assist with concerns related to ADHD, eating or sleeping problems, and identity or LGBT-related stress.

Julia works with adults from a variety of backgrounds and accepts international clients. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.

How Julia’s approaches translate to online therapy

Julia often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and many everyday stressors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another approach she uses to help people clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and take committed action toward meaningful goals.

She also draws on client-centered techniques to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space during sessions. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work; she collaborates with each person to decide what fits their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and deeper discussion. Phone sessions can work when lower bandwidth is needed or when being off camera helps focus on content. Live chat and text are useful for short check-ins, homework prompts, and ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility to try different ways of working and find what helps most.