About Julie
Julie Setnan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who aims to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and parenting challenges. She speaks plainly and listens carefully to understand what matters most to each person. Julie brings eight years of professional experience alongside life experience that shapes her approach.
She focuses on practical steps that fit into daily life. Sessions often center on clearer communication, managing strong emotions, and small behavior changes that ease intense moments.
Background and approach
Julie uses conversational, client-centered work so people feel heard and understood. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Julie draws on several therapy styles to match a person’s needs rather than sticking to one method.
That flexibility helps when problems range from panic and depression to family of origin issues and codependency. Julie offers weekly sessions by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. She checks messages during weekdays and typically responds within 24 to 48 hours.
Scheduling is arranged for weekday afternoons to fit many routines. In sessions she combines empathy with straightforward tools. People work on coping skills, communication practice, and processing difficult memories when needed.
The goal is steady progress that feels manageable between appointments.
How Julie’s approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist reflects feelings, clarifies what matters, and helps clients find their own solutions; this works well for anxiety, low mood, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it can help with panic, obsessive thoughts, and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, helps people spot and change emotional patterns that hurt relationships and connection, which is useful for communication and commitment issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julie collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. She often combines elements from different approaches and checks in regularly about what is helping and what needs to change.
Online therapy gives flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and role-play communication skills. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick reflections, coping reminders, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English