Nina Julien, LCSW

Nina Julien is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Louisiana with 13 years of experience. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety and to build more confidence. Nina centers sessions on each person’s strengths and goals. She speaks directly and keeps work straightforward so parents can read quickly and decide if it feels like a fit.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered methods that prioritize what the client wants to change and how they want to get there. For people who have experienced upsetting memories, she uses elements of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to relieve emotional intensity when appropriate.

Clients often come for help with relationship strain, anger, low self-esteem, or feeling lost about life purpose. She also supports people facing isolation, social anxiety, and depression. Conversations focus on concrete tools you can use between sessions and on small steps that build momentum.

Nina believes people are the experts on their own stories. She helps identify strengths that already exist and turns them into practical plans. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort level.

Beginning therapy can feel hard, and Nina acknowledges that courage. She aims to make the first steps clear and manageable so families and individuals can move forward with less overwhelm.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Many sessions use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help spot unhelpful thoughts and practice different actions. CBT breaks problems into clear patterns so clients can try small behavior changes between sessions and track progress.

Client-centered therapy is another approach she uses that focuses on what the client wants to work on. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s lead to set goals and next steps.

EMDR is used when past memories remain emotionally intense. It involves processing those memories with structured techniques to reduce their hold on daily life and allow forward movement.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Nina collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they adjust 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 busy lives. Video is useful for full conversations and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people keep consistent contact while accommodating different schedules and situations.