Julianne Alston, LMSW

Julianne Alston is a licensed master social worker who helps people facing trauma, grief, anxiety, and parenting challenges. She speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable for overwhelmed caregivers and adults.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical skills for daily life. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to strengthen relationships between parents and young children. Motivational Interviewing is part of her approach when someone needs help finding their own reasons for change.

Julianne earned a clinical Master of Social Work after completing an undergraduate degree in sociology. She has six years of experience in behavioral health and infant mental health work. That background informs her focus on parent-child relationships and early development.

In sessions she keeps things straightforward and strength-based. People can expect skill-building, problem-solving, and compassionate feedback rather than jargon. She often helps clients set small, concrete goals and practice new habits between appointments.

Her work covers a broad range of concerns including ADHD, stress, family conflict, loss, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports people navigating adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and life transitions. Julianne wants to help clients discover practical ways to feel steadier and more capable.

How Julianne’s approaches translate to online care

Julianne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice new behaviors. CBT sessions often include homework such as tracking moods, testing beliefs, and trying small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and stress.

She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to strengthen parent-child relationships and improve emotional connections. This work focuses on understanding patterns in relationships and trying different ways of responding to children and caregivers so interactions feel safer and more predictable.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. She will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to choose methods that fit each person. That means adapting techniques for short check-ins, longer video sessions, or step-by-step work over time depending on what the client needs.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face coaching and role-play, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging support quick check-ins or ongoing prompts between sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can keep progress moving forward while juggling work, caregiving, or treatment for physical health issues.