Julie Setnan, LCSW
Illinois · 8 years in practice
Julie Setnan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship struggles.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149.022632 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1881280063 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Julie
Julie Setnan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship struggles. She greets clients with a calm, optimistic manner and listens closely to understand what matters to them. Julie values the courage it takes to seek help and aims to make the first steps straightforward and supportive.
Julie brings eight years of clinical experience along with earlier life experience and ongoing learning.
Background and approach
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR, and elements of the Gottman Method to shape sessions. In practice she focuses on practical conversation, emotion work, and skills that people can try between meetings. Sessions usually follow a weekly rhythm and can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Julie checks messages during weekdays and typically replies within 24 to 48 hours. This helps keep communication moving between appointments. Her approach is steady and relational.
Julie aims to help people notice patterns, name painful feelings, and practice different ways of responding. She also works with issues such as parenting strain, compassion fatigue, codependency, communication problems, trauma and abuse, and postpartum depression. People who prefer a warm, listening therapist who pairs empathy with practical tools may find her style a good fit.
If a regular, predictable schedule and a mix of talk and skill-building feel right, Julie can help map a path forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Julie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julie names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Julie commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people access and name strong emotions, improve emotional understanding, and change painful interaction patterns. EFT can be useful for people wanting to deepen emotional connection and reduce reactive cycles.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which prioritizes being heard and accepted as the foundation for change, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different actions between sessions. CBT supports symptom-focused work like managing panic, OCD-related behaviors, or anxiety symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options, and try methods that fit your needs. You and the therapist can adjust the plan over time so the approach matches progress and comfort.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and needs. Video lets you work face-to-face when visual cues matter, phone calls can be lower-bandwidth and easier on busy days, and chat or messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to reflect between sessions. These options can make scheduling simpler and help therapy fit into work, family, and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Julie focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and communication problems, parenting strain, and related issues such as codependency and postpartum depression.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Julie combines listening and emotion-focused work with practical strategies from CBT and relationship methods to help people understand feelings and try new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Julie has eight years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and she continues professional learning to stay current in her practice.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Illinois and provides services from that location.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions delivered online?
Julie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist arrangements, and the subscription can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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