Julissa Aquan, LCSW

Julissa Aquan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns like relationship stress, grief, depression, anxiety, anger, and major life changes. Sessions center on practical ways to manage emotions and improve day-to-day functioning.

Julissa uses evidence-based methods to help people sort through what feels overwhelming. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and on dialectical skills to regulate strong emotions. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to clarify personal values and make change more manageable.

Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Conversations tend to be straightforward. Clients work on doable skills, clearer communication, and small shifts that reduce recurring conflict and resentment.

Julissa pays attention to how past attachment and trauma shape current relationships. She helps people recognize patterns that fuel anger, intimacy problems, or difficulty trusting others. Work may include learning to name triggers and choosing different responses.

Practical goals often include better sleep, steadier mood, improved workplace coping, and healthier boundaries with family or partners. She also addresses related concerns such as addiction, ADHD, body image, caregiver stress, and parenting strain when these come up alongside emotional distress.

Julissa offers sessions in English from her New York practice. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

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