Julie Setnan, LCSW

Julie Setnan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who greets people with calm attention and steady encouragement. She listens carefully and helps people sort through stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship concerns. Julie uses a warm, hopeful style to help people take practical steps toward feeling better.

Julie combines formal clinical education with many years of life experience. She completed a Master of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Over eight years in practice she has worked with a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, depression, compassion fatigue, and problems with self-esteem.

In sessions she focuses on clear, doable work. Conversations move at a pace set by the person coming for help. Julie draws on client-centered methods to follow what matters to the client and uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

For relational concerns she brings in approaches that focus on emotional patterns between people, and she can use techniques designed to process traumatic memories when those are part of the picture. She also addresses practical problems such as communication difficulties, commitment concerns, and family of origin issues.

Julie checks messages during weekdays and usually replies within 24 to 48 hours. She offers weekly sessions in several weekday afternoons and delivers sessions by video, phone, or live chat when those options fit a person’s needs and schedule.

How Julie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Julie often uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to each person. This approach means conversations focus on the client’s priorities, with the therapist reflecting and helping clarify goals. It works well for stress, life transitions, and questions about purpose.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. CBT offers practical exercises and small experiments you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, tackle panic, and change unhelpful routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Julie will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level, and she adjusts plans as progress is made.

Julie offers sessions by video, phone, or live chat when those options suit a person’s schedule. Please confirm the current session options before booking so they fit your needs. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a weekday afternoon, allow a shorter check-in, or let someone choose not to be on camera while still talking through difficult topics.