Julie Jalewsky , LICSW

Julie Jalewsky is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 20 years of practice in Massachusetts. She centers sessions on down-to-earth approaches that help people manage mood, stress, and big life changes. Julie makes space for honest conversations about identity, work, and relationships.

She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to break unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to help with anxiety, sleep, and concentration. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify values and make sustainable changes.

Julie also draws on narrative and psychodynamic ideas to help people understand how past experiences shape current patterns. That combination lets her address concerns like depression, bipolar symptoms, and trauma in a flexible way. She pays attention to how attachment, abandonment, and communication problems affect daily life.

People bring a wide range of concerns, including parenting strain, caregiving stress, addictions, body image, and challenges related to LGBT identity. Julie supports work on career decisions, self-esteem, grief, intimacy, and coping with illness or chronic pain. She aims to help people build coping skills and clearer priorities.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Julie partners with clients to set practical steps and track progress. She focuses on what helps someone function better day to day while respecting their individual story.

How Julie’s Approaches Work Online

Julie commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral steps, which can help with anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices that ease rumination, improve sleep, and reduce stress.

She also uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and find motivation for change. That approach is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps. Decisions about which approach to use are made together. Julie works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life situation so the process feels collaborative.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow a longer, face-to-face style session. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support brief coaching, ongoing check-ins, or tools between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.