- Person-centered care
- Mindful and practical
- Values-based goals
About Julie
Julie Krupinski is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience in New Jersey. She offers a steady, nonjudgmental presence for people who are burned out, overwhelmed, or facing painful life changes. Julie encourages practical steps and small habits that help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, mood shifts, and struggles with self-worth.
She works from a person-centered stance that treats the client as the expert on their own life. Sessions emphasize listening, validation, and building tools you can use between meetings. Julie often draws on mindfulness, cognitive techniques, and acceptance-based ideas to reduce unhelpful patterns and improve day-to-day coping.
Her background includes work across diverse settings and experience with 12-step programs. That range informs a flexible style that blends short-term problem solving with deeper reflection when needed. Topics she frequently addresses include codependency, family of origin concerns, communication problems, grief, trauma, and substance-related issues.
Julie aims to help people notice what matters most and take realistic steps toward those goals. She focuses on strengthening resilience, reducing shame and guilt, and increasing self-compassion. Sessions are collaborative and built around a client’s personal values and life context.
If you are weighing whether to start therapy, Julie can help clarify priorities and create a plan you can follow between sessions. Her approach balances practical strategies with respectful support for harder emotional work.
How Julie’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small value-driven steps even when feelings are difficult. It helps with chronic stress, anxiety, and patterns like avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns that fuel depression or anxiety. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening stance where the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps build self-acceptance and agency.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Julie works collaboratively to match methods to your goals, needs, and preferences. Early sessions are often used to identify priorities and try different techniques so the plan fits your life and what you want to change.
If you are considering online work, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins on hectic days. It can also help people continue care while managing work, family, or treatment commitments. The therapist will discuss how to structure sessions in a way that supports progress and your day-to-day routines.
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Experience
30+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Julie address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship strain, and issues like codependency and self-esteem.
What is her therapy style like?
The style is person-centered, validating, and interactive, with an emphasis on practical tools and collaborative problem solving.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Julie has 30 years of experience working in a variety of clinical and community settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps should I take to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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