Julie Barzal, LICSW, LISW

Julie Barzal is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with seven years of clinical experience in Ohio. She sees adults coping with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, grief, substance use concerns, and LGBTQ-IA related issues. Julie also helps people dealing with relationship and family tensions, blended family challenges, parenting stress, career changes, ADHD, and care-related burnout.

Her sessions are straightforward and practical. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Conversation is direct but calm, focused on skills that can be used between sessions.

Julie draws on client-centered and emotionally-focused approaches when relationship dynamics are central. She pays attention to identity, gender, and cultural context and works to be inclusive about sexual orientation and gender. That perspective shapes how she frames goals and supports people through difficult emotions like anger and shame.

She has experience with substance use issues and family management of addiction, and she offers clinical assessment, counseling, and telehealth work. Practical problem solving and motivational techniques are part of how she helps people move forward when motivation or confidence is low.

Julie’s background includes returning to higher education later in life and parenting as a young adult, experiences she mentions as informing her outlook. She aims to be direct, engaged, and respectful while helping people practice new ways of handling frustration and interpersonal strain.

Therapeutic approaches and working online