About Julia
Julia (Jurate) Mcgarry is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with seven years of experience. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, anger, and addiction-related concerns. Julia focuses on building a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings and everyday challenges.
She adapts her approach to each person rather than using a single method for everyone. That usually means drawing on cognitive behavioral tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts, motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change, and client-centered listening to reflect what matters most to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Julia also uses attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns are part of the issue. Clients come to her for a wide range of concerns, from grief and stress to sleep problems, parenting strain, career transitions, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, dissociation, and trauma and abuse.
Her experience includes working with substance use and related recovery questions. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and small shifts that add up over time. Julia helps people set manageable goals, practice new behaviors between meetings, and notice progress.
She encourages open conversation about setbacks and what’s getting in the way of change. Her style is direct but warm, aiming to make therapy feel useful rather than purely reflective. New clients should expect a clear conversation about goals in early sessions and practical options for moving forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Julia often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep problems. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action even when difficult emotions are present.Julia pairs these methods with client-centered listening that prioritizes each person's goals. She works collaboratively to find which approach or combination feels right, reviewing progress and adjusting techniques as needed so the plan fits the individual's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a close, conversational session. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text let clients check in more briefly between sessions or fit short conversations into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and flexible around work, sleep schedules, and caregiving demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English