About Julie
Julie Affronti is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of hands-on experience. She focuses on practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or major life changes.
Background and approach
Julie aims to make the first steps feel manageable and respectful for anyone reaching out. She helps people build useful skills for day-to-day life.
That includes managing worry, boosting self-esteem, and handling transitions. She also addresses parenting concerns and the special strain known as compassion fatigue.
Sessions are shaped around each person's needs. Julie listens first, then tailors conversation and tools to fit what feels realistic.
She uses approaches that are straightforward and goal-focused to help clients notice small changes that add up. Her work pays attention to communication and to the challenges that come with caregiving or feeling isolated.
She also supports people dealing with mood shifts and seasonal affective disorder. Autism and Asperger Syndrome are listed as areas she attends to when relevant to an individual's concerns.
Julie keeps language simple and practical in sessions. She encourages clear steps you can try between meetings and checks what is working.
If starting therapy feels hard, she recognizes that and helps make the process easier.
How CBT and online sessions can help with everyday stress
Julie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in straightforward ways, helping clients notice how thoughts and behaviors influence mood and stress. CBT focuses on small, practical actions such as testing unhelpful thoughts and practicing new habits that reduce anxiety and build confidence.She frames treatment as a collaborative process. Together the therapist and client decide which strategies fit the person’s goals, needs, and daily routine. That collaborative process includes checking what helps and adjusting tools over time so work feels meaningful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls let conversations feel similar to in-person sessions while being easier to fit into a workday. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, follow-up notes, or steps between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and try techniques in real life without travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English