About Julia
Dr. Julia Kaluga is a Doctor of Psychology and a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She has 14 years of clinical experience helping people address anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and substance use concerns.
She also works with people facing grief, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and issues related to gender and sexual identity. Julia aims for straightforward, practical sessions. She offers clear steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on small, workable changes and coping skills that fit everyday life. Sessions move at a pace the client chooses. Her background includes a range of approaches used in real situations.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas help clients notice difficult thoughts and emotions without getting overwhelmed. Julia uses tools from dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
She also pulls from existential therapy to help people clarify values and life direction when they feel stuck. She speaks English and Russian and practices in California. Many clients come for problems like phobias, parenting strain, career uncertainty, and chronic stress.
Her style is collaborative and goal-focused, with attention to immediate needs and longer-term growth.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work supports them
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people name their values and commit to small actions that reflect those values. It teaches ways to live a meaningful life even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change the behaviors that keep problems going; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and phobias. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping under stress.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through the options with the client and try methods that match their goals and preferences. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what helps most, with both short-term tools and longer-term work considered.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and skill practice, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins or coaching-style support into a busy day. These options aim to make therapy accessible and easier to fit into real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Russian
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