Julie Barzal , LICSW, LISW

Julie Barzal is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults and adolescents to address a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, grief, relationship and family issues, substance use disorders, and LGBTQ care. She has experience supporting blended families, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, and career or life transitions.

In practice she draws on a variety of evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered methods, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Method, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs. She has experience providing telehealth counseling, crisis and case management services, and diagnosing mental health disorders. Her style emphasizes empathy, active listening, cultural humility, gender and identity inclusion, and a strengths-based focus that aims to meet clients where they are.

Julie describes her work as collaborative and empowering, seeking to make sessions challenging and insightful while honoring each client’s unique story. She encourages the courage it takes to begin therapy and supports clients as they set and pursue meaningful goals. Outside of her professional life she shares a few personal details - she is left-handed but ambidextrous, became a mother as a teenager, and did not begin college until age 40 when she earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees.