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Julia Fill

Compassionate CBT-informed social worker

LCSW Virginia

Experience
7 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
Languages
English
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About Julia

Julia Fill uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical skills for managing stress, anxiety, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She emphasizes collaborative work, drawing on clients' existing strengths to develop coping strategies for mood concerns, relationship difficulties, grief, and challenges related to identity and family dynamics. Her approach blends skill-building with empathic support to address both immediate symptoms and longer standing patterns.

With an LCSW license in Virginia and seven years of clinical experience, Julia focuses on a broad range of issues including depression, trauma and abuse, anger, parenting concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also attends to complex interpersonal themes such as attachment and abandonment, communication problems, codependency, and aspects of sexual identity and alternative relationship dynamics.

Sessions aim to increase functioning and resilience while honoring each person’s values and goals. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where practical techniques and motivational strategies are offered to support progress.

Julia frames therapy as a partnership that values the client’s expertise about their own life while introducing evidence-informed methods to support change and healing.

CBT and Motivational Techniques for Remote Support

Julia offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a core method, which involves identifying and reshaping unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing concrete skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thinking. Motivational Interviewing complements this by focusing on a person’s readiness to change and strengthening internal motivation when facing ambivalence about behaviors like substance use or lifestyle shifts.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each client to match techniques to their needs and goals, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds so that therapy fits the individual’s preferences and life circumstances.

Online therapy with her is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options can make it easier to maintain consistent care while balancing work, family, or mobility challenges, and allow licensed professionals to deliver structured interventions and supportive guidance from a distance.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Julia address in therapy?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What therapeutic approaches does she use?
The practice integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to target thoughts and behaviors and Motivational Interviewing to support readiness and commitment to change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Julia has seven years of professional experience supporting people through mood concerns, family conflicts, grief, and motivation and self-esteem work.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) licensed in Virginia with credential number VA LCSW 0904015107.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet with her through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTFamily conflictsGriefDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational Interviewing

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English