Julissa Aquan

Julissa Aquan is an LCSW based in New York with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage relationship struggles, grief, anxiety, anger, and major life changes. Her tone is warm and collaborative, and she aims to help clients feel understood and regain steadiness.

She draws on several practical approaches including acceptance and commitment methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and attachment-informed work. Sessions look at what matters to the person, what gets in the way, and small, doable steps to move forward. Julissa uses clear, everyday language and practical tools rather than jargon.

Her work attends to identity and life experience, so conversations consider how background and culture shape feelings and choices. She also supports people facing stress from caregiving, chronic illness, parenting, career shifts, and recovery from trauma or loss. These topics are explored at a pace the client prefers.

Julissa blends skills training with reflective conversation. That can mean learning strategies for mood and anger management, practicing new ways to relate, or building routines to improve sleep and eating. The aim is to make changes that fit daily life.

She frames therapy as a partnership. Clients set goals and she offers structure, feedback, and encouragement. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.

How Julissa’s approaches translate to online therapy

Julissa draws on acceptance and commitment work and attachment-based ideas to guide online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take steps toward values-based actions; it can be useful for anxiety, anger, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and ongoing relationships shape expectations and emotional patterns, which can help with relationship struggles, intimacy concerns, and grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julissa treats therapy as a collaboration and will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can happen between errands or work breaks. It also lets people use skills learned in sessions in their day-to-day settings and then bring observations back to the therapist for discussion.