About Julie
Julie Tirella is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 18 years of experience to her practice in Florida. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and challenges with self-esteem. She also supports people coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD.
Julie creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most to them. She listens closely and helps identify practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Her manner is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making change feel possible. Her approach draws on several widely used methods. She uses client-centered ways to follow each person’s pace and priorities.
She brings cognitive behavioral techniques to help shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing is used to strengthen motivation for change when habits feel stuck. Julie also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past that still affect daily life.
Solution-focused methods help people define concrete goals and build small, achievable plans. Together these tools let her tailor work to each person’s needs. People who choose Julie can expect clear communication about goals and simple strategies to try between sessions.
She supports clients through life transitions, mood concerns, and struggles with impulse control or relationship strain. Julie aims to help people find steadier footing and more workable routines.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Julie often uses client-centered therapy, which means she starts by listening and following each person's priorities so sessions feel personal and relevant. This approach helps with mood concerns, stress, and self-esteem by letting the person set the pace and focus.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. CBT is practical and skill-based, useful for anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and some ADHD-related challenges because it breaks problems into concrete steps to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julie will work with each person to choose or combine methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort. Together they track what helps and adjust strategies over time so sessions remain focused and useful.
Online therapy makes regular care easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper check-in is needed. Phone sessions and live chat can be a quicker way to connect with less bandwidth. Text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, homework prompts, and follow-up between meetings. These options offer flexibility so people can keep therapy part of their routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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