About Julie
Julie Tirella is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 18 years of experience. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and addictions. Julie also helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, and problems with self-esteem and intimacy.
She uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people feel understood. Sessions are collaborative - she listens first, then works with each person to set goals.
Background and approach
Many clients come for help with mood swings, impulse control, and managing life changes. Julie draws on several approaches to match the person and the problem. She uses client-centered methods to build trust, cognitive behavioral ideas to shift thinking and behavior, and motivational interviewing to strengthen change efforts.
She also weaves in psychodynamic and solution-focused elements when helpful. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns, including parenting stress, blended family issues, codependency, communication problems, and addiction challenges. She is familiar with complex mood and behavioral issues such as DMDD and other mood disorders.
Sessions are offered in English and take place remotely by video, phone, chat, or text messaging. Julie explains the process, helps set clear goals, and checks in on progress so people know what to expect.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Julie commonly combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping the person feel heard so they can explore concerns at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.She also uses motivational interviewing to strengthen a person’s readiness for change. That approach helps people weigh goals and build internal motivation rather than relying on persuasion. Together these methods address mood concerns, anxiety, relationship issues, and substance-related problems in a way that fits the person’s priorities.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options, hear what matters most, and adapt methods to each person’s goals and preferences. This collaboration helps shape clear, manageable steps toward improvement.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter, flexible touchpoints for tracking progress between longer sessions. These options make therapy more accessible across different schedules and lifestyles.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- 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