Julie Jalewsky, LICSW
Narrative-focused LICSW helping people reframe challenges
Details
| Name | Julie Jalewsky |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LICSW |
| Based in | Massachusetts |
| Licensed in | Massachusetts |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Julie
Julie Jalewsky is a licensed independent clinical social worker with twenty years of experience working from Massachusetts. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, relationship pain, or big life changes. Julie uses clear, down-to-earth language so parents and caregivers can follow along easily.
Her work draws on Narrative Therapy alongside cognitive and mindfulness-based tools. She invites people to tell the story of their life and notice unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
From there she helps reframe difficult experiences and try small, practical steps to feel better. Julie has worked with a wide range of concerns, including stress, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, addictions, trauma, grief, and intimacy or body-image struggles. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiving strain, divorce, and career stress.
Sessions focus on everyday problems and usable strategies rather than technical jargon. In sessions she balances listening with concrete exercises. People might map how a problem started, practice new ways of talking about it, or learn quick mindfulness skills to manage strong feelings.
She emphasizes choices people can test between sessions and adapts work to each person’s goals. Julie offers talks that encourage clearer communication and steadier coping. She aims to help clients feel less alone and more able to act on the changes they want.
Her style is straightforward, warm, and collaborative.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Bipolar disorder among the things Julie works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Julie among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Julie among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Julie among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Julie among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Julie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Julie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Julie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and skill-based approaches for online care
Julie draws on Narrative Therapy to help people tell and rethink the stories that shape their day-to-day feelings. Narrative work looks at how problems are described, then opens room for new meanings and different actions. She pairs that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that improve mood and coping.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julie collaborates with each person to match methods to goals and preferences. She will check in regularly and adjust techniques based on what feels most useful for the client.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow visual connection and longer conversation. Phone sessions can fit a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging can be a shorter check-in or ongoing written work between calls. These options make it easier to schedule consistent sessions and try different formats as needs change.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Julie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and related topics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends Narrative Therapy with cognitive and mindfulness techniques. Sessions mix storytelling, practical exercises, and short skills practice.
How much experience does she have?
Julie has twenty years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an MA, LICSW practicing from Massachusetts.
In which languages are sessions available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
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