Julie Jalewsky, LICSW

Julie Jalewsky is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She centers her work on thoughts and everyday habits to make small changes that add up. Julie aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through what feels hard right now.

Julie uses practical, evidence-informed methods to address concerns like mood disorders, trauma, substance use, and struggles with identity. She often focuses on communication patterns, coping skills, and clearer daily routines that support wellbeing. Expect straightforward tools and gentle reflection rather than technical language.

She has extensive experience supporting people facing grief, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and workplace stress. Julie also works with issues such as ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, and intimacy-related concerns. Her background includes long-term work with LGBTQ+ individuals and people moving through major life changes.

Therapy sessions pay attention to how thoughts shape habits and feelings, and how habits shape daily life. Julie blends strategies from cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, narrative, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic approaches to match each person’s needs. She encourages collaboration so goals and methods fit the person in front of her.

Clients can expect a practical focus on skills they can use between sessions, alongside space to make sense of patterns from the past. Julie supports people as they build resilience and clearer routines that help with day-to-day functioning and longer-term change.

How these approaches translate to online work

Julie commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and habits that affect daily functioning. She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and grounding practices that reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Julie treats therapy as a collaboration and will work with each person to decide whether CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, or another method fits their goals and style. She checks in and adjusts methods as needed so sessions stay relevant to everyday life.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use practices learned in sessions in the contexts where they live and work, helping skills translate to daily routines.