Therapy Services with Dr. Julie Bolduc DeFilippo, PhD, MSW, LICSW

Owner & Clinician | Therapy & Consultation | Danvers, MA

I’m a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with a PhD in Social Work, offering outpatient therapy through my private practice based in Danvers, Massachusetts. I provide both in-person and virtual therapy for clients across the state.

I use a collaborative and narrative-based approach to help clients reconnect with their values, expand their capacity to cope and self-advocate, and find more ease and meaning in daily life.

Explore my web site to learn more about my therapy services 

or you can visit my profile on  Psychology Today.

My practice supports:

• Parents and caregivers of disabled or neurodivergent children

• Adolescents and young adults facing life transitions, identity development, and emotional distress

• Neurodivergent individuals navigating burnout, masking, late diagnosis, and self-understanding

I use a collaborative and narrative-based approach to help clients reconnect with their values, expand their capacity to cope and self-advocate, and find more ease and meaning in daily life.

Common areas of focus in therapy include:

•  Autism-PDA, AuDHD and other a-typical autism presentations 

•  Inertia, stress paralysis, and burnout

• Anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma

• School avoidance 

• Caregiving grief, chronic stress, and trauma 

• Executive functioning, emotional regulation, and co-regulation

• Relationship dynamics, identity, and self-worth

• Disconnection, co-regulattionand systems navigation

Supporting Your Child's Therapeutic Needs at School

Therapeutic Needs Assessment: Identify your learner’s therapeutic needs in the school setting, including appropriate placement, accommodations, and interventions, in order to improve student functioning at school.

School Staff Support: Help staff learn how to support your learner’s mental health needs within the school setting.

Attendance Support Consultation: Encourage and facilitate collaboration between caregivers and educational institutions to better understand your learner's challenges in attending school. Discuss potential accommodations that can be incorporated into the IEP/504 to effectively address any unmet attendance-based needs.

Neurodiversity consultation: Collaborate with caregivers and schools to design more inclusive environments for your student’s neurological differences