- Values-based care
- Calm skills training
- English and Russian
About Julia
Dr. Julia Kaluga is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 14 years of experience based in California. She holds a Doctor of Psychology and practices as an LMFT. She greets people with warmth and a straightforward approach, and she focuses on practical help for common struggles like anxiety, depression, and low self esteem.
She helps people who are dealing with relationship problems and substance use concerns. She also supports those facing grief, trauma, and questions related to gender and sexual identity. Her work includes helping people cope with life changes, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
In sessions she draws on therapies that emphasize values, present-moment awareness, and skills for managing difficult thoughts and feelings. She uses tools from acceptance-based approaches, cognitive behavioral work, and mindfulness to help people take manageable steps toward their goals. She also uses techniques that focus on emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Dr. Kaluga speaks English and Russian and draws on 14 years of clinical experience to tailor interventions to each person. She aims for a collaborative tone in the therapy room, helping clients decide what matters most and which strategies to try next.
If you are thinking about starting therapy, she asks you to select the continue button on this profile and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.
She helps people who are dealing with relationship problems and substance use concerns. She also supports those facing grief, trauma, and questions related to gender and sexual identity. Her work includes helping people cope with life changes, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
In sessions she draws on therapies that emphasize values, present-moment awareness, and skills for managing difficult thoughts and feelings. She uses tools from acceptance-based approaches, cognitive behavioral work, and mindfulness to help people take manageable steps toward their goals. She also uses techniques that focus on emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Dr. Kaluga speaks English and Russian and draws on 14 years of clinical experience to tailor interventions to each person. She aims for a collaborative tone in the therapy room, helping clients decide what matters most and which strategies to try next.
If you are thinking about starting therapy, she asks you to select the continue button on this profile and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.