Julissa Aquan, LCSW

Julissa Aquan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage relationship troubles, grief, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Her manner is warm and collaborative, and she aims to help people feel seen and understood from the start.

Julissa draws on practical approaches that include cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, client-centered therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. She combines these methods to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on clear steps people can use between meetings to cope and grow.

Her practice emphasizes cultural awareness and the link between identity and emotional experience. That means she pays attention to how background and life story shape current struggles. She helps people find new perspectives and build resilience without forcing a single path.

Julissa often works with concerns such as stress, trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and career stress. She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment issues, caregiving burden, chronic illness, and body image concerns.

In sessions she aims for practical change alongside emotional processing. Meetings typically include goal-setting, skill practice, and exploration of patterns that keep problems going. Her aim is steady, usable progress that fits each person’s life.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Julissa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and commitment therapy emphasizes noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and committed action to move toward a meaningful life.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships and how early experiences can shape current reactions. These approaches are used together to match what each person needs, and Julissa works collaboratively to find the best fit based on goals and preferences.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make work with a therapist more flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and texting or chat can fit quick check-ins or busy schedules. These options help people fit sessions into work, caregiving, or travel and support steady progress without needing to attend an office.