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- Warm collaborative style
- Practical coping skills
- Focus on relationships
About Julissa
Julissa Aquan, LCSW, is a licensed social worker practicing in New York. She focuses on helping people manage relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, and major life changes. Julissa brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and approachable for worried parents and individuals alike.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens for each person’s story and helps them name patterns that get in the way. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and ways to cope when emotions become overwhelming.
Julissa uses several evidence-based approaches to guide her work, including acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She draws from these methods to fit each person’s goals rather than using a single fixed method.
She pays attention to how identity and life experience shape emotional well-being. That means adapting conversations and goals so they make sense for the individual in front of her. Julissa also addresses concerns such as parenting strain, caregiver stress, body image, chronic illness, and changes after separation or adoption.
People who choose her often want practical tools as well as space to process feelings. She helps clients build resilience, improve communication, and reconnect with sources of meaning. To begin, readers can use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens for each person’s story and helps them name patterns that get in the way. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and ways to cope when emotions become overwhelming.
Julissa uses several evidence-based approaches to guide her work, including acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She draws from these methods to fit each person’s goals rather than using a single fixed method.
She pays attention to how identity and life experience shape emotional well-being. That means adapting conversations and goals so they make sense for the individual in front of her. Julissa also addresses concerns such as parenting strain, caregiver stress, body image, chronic illness, and changes after separation or adoption.
People who choose her often want practical tools as well as space to process feelings. She helps clients build resilience, improve communication, and reconnect with sources of meaning. To begin, readers can use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
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How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes choosing actions that match personal values and can help with anxiety, depression, and major life changes.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in close relationships. It looks at how early connections affect trust and intimacy now, and it can help people improve how they relate to partners or close others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they pick which strategies to try and adjust them as needed over time.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow for quick check-ins on stressful days. Different ways of meeting can also let someone choose a quieter setting, reduce the need for travel, or make it simpler to join between work or caregiving duties. Licensed professionals can use these approaches with people who prefer remote sessions, and the emphasis remains on practical tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapySystemic Therapy
Experience
11+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can be addressed here?
This therapist works with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, addictions, and many life changes including parenting and caregiver stress.
What is Julissa's general therapy style?
Her approach is warm and collaborative with a focus on listening, practical strategies, and building clearer communication.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of clinical experience working with people on a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is an LCSW licensed in New York and practices out of New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.