Julia Spaude

Julia Spaude is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges around eating and body image. She works with adults who are trying to regain balance, deal with relationship strain, or find motivation and confidence. Julia’s style is direct and respectful, and she aims to help people make concrete changes that feel manageable.

Julia holds a LICSW, which means she completed advanced clinical social work training and has seven years of experience in practice. She centers each session on the person in front of her, treating clients as the experts on their own lives while offering tools and direction where helpful. Expect a practical, collaborative approach rather than long lectures.

Her methods draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. These approaches are used to reduce unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, build flexibility in how people respond to stress, and strengthen motivation to change. Sessions also emphasize clarity around values and small, doable steps.

Julia often helps with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also works on intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and managing anger. The focus is on supporting people to move toward goals that matter to them.

Located in Washington, Julia offers therapy in English. To begin, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule based on availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values. It helps when worry, avoidance, or eating concerns get in the way of living the life you want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood difficulties. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices that reduce reactivity and improve tolerance for uncomfortable feelings.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past attempts at change, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try techniques, adjust the plan, and pick the mix of methods that fits the person’s needs and preferences.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins during short breaks. Some people prefer phone check-ins when bandwidth is limited or shorter meetings are needed, while others choose video to read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Ask about current session options when you schedule to find what works best for your routine.