Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Julia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Indiana
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Julia
Julia Brown is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, and life changes. She focuses on clear, day-to-day strategies that make emotional moments easier to handle. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at people who want practical tools and steady support.
Julia uses therapies that emphasize values, present-moment awareness, and problem-solving. Sessions often include short exercises, mindfulness practice, and skills to reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
She guides clients toward small changes that add up to steadier emotional control. Her work covers a broad set of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and issues around identity and coming out. She also helps with sleep and eating struggles, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
People contact her for help with coping after loss, chronic health issues, or major life shifts. Julia draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and client-centered conversation. That mix lets her tailor sessions to what each person needs most.
She encourages practical homework between meetings so skills become part of daily life. Clients can expect a collaborative process focused on clearer thinking and calmer responses. Julia supports people as they learn to notice triggers, try new behaviors, and keep going when things feel hard.
Her approach aims to build steady skills for managing emotions and improving relationships.
What Julia works with
Everything Julia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Julia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters most and take small steps toward those values despite strong emotions. It often includes exercises to accept difficult feelings while committing to workable actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety or anger. CBT gives step-by-step techniques for changing patterns that keep problems going.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That may mean trying an ACT values exercise one week and a CBT skills practice the next, then adjusting based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people use face-to-face cues while phone sessions can be a quicker option with lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging make short check-ins and ongoing coaching easier between longer sessions. These formats give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on the same practical skills used in person.
Questions people ask about Julia
What issues does Julia help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, trauma and related concerns such as grief and sleep problems.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using mindfulness, cognitive techniques, and values-based work to reduce reactivity and improve coping.
How much experience does she have?
Julia has 25 years of experience as a clinician supporting people through long-term and sudden life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices in North Carolina and holds LCSW credentials in Indiana (IN LCSW) and North Carolina (NC LCSW).
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.