Meet Julie Newman,
New York Therapist for Anxiety & Relationships
I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor based in New York with over eight years of licensed experience helping adults navigate anxiety, relationships, depression, and life transitions with more clarity, confidence, and compassion.
My approach is rooted in attachment-based and relational therapy, which means we’ll look at how your early experiences and relationships have shaped the way you feel, think, and act today.
I view therapy as a much-needed pause button in life. A space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with yourself. In our fast-paced society, it’s easy to get caught up in doing, achieving, and keeping it all together.
The goal of this work isn’t to stay stuck in blame or bitterness toward others or your past. It’s about objectively acknowledging and understanding how your experiences have shaped you, so you can begin to heal and move forward.
The experiences that brought you here are not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility.
My Path to Becoming a Therapist
I’ve experienced firsthand how mental health challenges and difficult relationships can shape family dynamics; sometimes in ways that support growth and other times in ways that leave lasting impressions.
Growing up, I was fortunate to have parents who normalized therapy and openly shared their experiences. Seeing them take care of their mental health showed me early on that working with a therapist is a normal part of taking care of yourself.
I began therapy myself at 15 and I still vividly remember my first therapist’s office: a converted single-story home, with the secretarial area in a former living room and therapy rooms in former bedrooms. The neutral, airy space immediately made my body feel at ease.
My natural compassion, curiosity about people, along with my personality as a nurturer and helper, drew me to psychology. I had once considered majoring in nursing or teaching, but after taking my first psychology class in college, I fell in love with understanding how the mind works, how our experiences shape us, and how we navigate relationships.
I declared a psychology major and carried that curiosity into graduate school, eventually beginning my career providing individual, group, and family therapy to children and adolescents in Baltimore, near my alma mater, Loyola University Maryland.
A few years into my career, I was ready for both personal and professional change, so I moved to New York City and transitioned to working individually with adults in private practice. I continued my own therapy as I navigated new romantic relationships, friendships, moving to new apartments, working side jobs, and living through a global pandemic.
It was then that I realized my passion lies in relational, attachment-focused, and psychodynamic therapy; helping people understand their patterns, regulate their emotions, and build more secure relationships with themselves and others.
Now, I bring both my lived experience and professional expertise to my work with clients. I understand what it’s like to struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, and the desire to feel truly seen and I’ve experienced firsthand how transformative therapy can be.
My approach to therapy
My style is relational, trauma-informed, and insight-oriented.
I integrate psychodynamic therapy, attachment theory, mindfulness-based approaches, CBT, DBT, and person-centered techniques to help you understand how your past impacts your present and build the awareness and practical tools to create meaningful change.
I focus on helping my clients not just understand what they’re feeling, but also translate their awareness and insight into action.
Together, we work toward a life that feels grounded, balanced, and aligned with what truly matters to you.
Credentials
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Sessions Live 2025: Mating in the Metacrisis — Esther Perel, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2025
Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries and Ethical Obligations as Mental Health Practitioners — The NYMHCA Institute, 2024
Perfectionism & Anxiety Certification Training: Effective Tools to Navigate High Standards, Self-Criticism, and Unrealistic Expectations — PESI, 2024
Best Approaches in Trauma Treatment — NEFESH, 2024
Social Media Ethics in Mental Health Care — Simple Practice Learning, 2024
Ethics: Self-Disclosure in Therapy — Simple Practice Learning, 2024
Breaking the Cycle of Unhealthy Family Relationships: Top Tools for Better Boundaries — PESI, 2023
Supervision in Mental Health Care — Simple Practice Learning, 2022 -
New York
Licensed Mental Health Counselor #009528
Additional Qualification: Diagnostic PrivilegeNew Jersey
Licensed Professional Counselor # 37PC00951400Florida
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (telehealth only) #TPMC1486
Master of Science in Clinical Psychology
Loyola University MarylandBachelor of Arts in Clinical/Counseling Psychology
The College of New Jersey -
I have over three years of experience as a Clinical Supervisor in New York where I provided weekly individual and bi-monthly group supervision to Mental Health Counselors with Limited Permits while they practice and gain hours to apply for full licensure.
Outside of Session
You can usually find me enjoying Brooklyn’s music scene, taking a mat Pilates, yoga, or dance cardio class, or trying out a new restaurant I’ve saved on Google Maps with friends.
My favorite ways to recharge include reading fiction, self-help, or celebrity memoirs (audiobooks count!), traveling and collecting new passport stamps, or simply shutting my brain off with reality TV or a scripted show.
At home, I’m usually spending time with my dog, Sero (which is short for Serotonin)!
