Julie Kaplan, Ph.D.

Julie Kaplan works as an Embedded Counselor at all Northern Virginia campuses of Virginia Tech and with online students in Northern Virginia. She enjoys working with graduate students there. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from George Mason University. She has over 30 years of experience working with adults in individual and couples therapy. Areas of specialty include depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues, coping with medical illness, stress management, ethnocultural issues, and perfectionism. In the past, she has worked at college counseling centers, community mental health centers, hospitals, and private practice settings. Her therapeutic approach is cognitive-behavioral, while integrating several other approaches.