DR. JULIE DAVELMAN

Dr. Julie Davelman received her Bachelors of Art in Psychology from New York University, and her Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology from St. John’s University. She began her professional career as a counselor for students with financial and academic difficulties at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. After five years of guiding students towards academic success, Dr. Davelman transitioned into an intense clinical role at a private practice that contracts with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP; formerly DYFS) to provide psychological evaluations and therapy for its clients. Having completed more than seven hundred evaluations in a wide range of cases with both children and adults, Dr. Davelman developed expertise in identifying the needs of families and pairing
those needs with appropriate referrals and community resources.

At Abrams Psychological Services, Dr. Davelman uses her diverse clinical background and goal-directed approach to provide individual and group therapy for people experiencing a wide gamut of clinical symptoms, including depression, anxiety, anger, and trauma. Dr. Davelman also provides couples therapy to help both parties in a relationship learn to bring out the best in each other, as well as helping families develop the skills they need to be healthy, loving, and supportive. Dr. Davelman helps improve maternal and paternal mental health and other aspects related to starting a family and raising children. Her involvement throughout the lifecycle of a family has led to expertise in supporting families through challenging times, such as a divorce.

Dr. Davelman can help reduce the stress on the family by serving either as a Collaborative Divorce Coach (https://collaboratenj.org/practitioner/dr-julie-davelman/) or as a co-parenting therapist. Helping spouses healthily dissolve their union is often the most impactful service that can be provided to a family. Dr. Davelman also helps families cope with the stress of aging parents. Serving as a caregiver for the elderly is among the hardest things an adult child will have to do, and there is no need to do it without support. Finally, Dr. Davelman can assist in performing guardianship evaluations and evaluations for the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), if such services were to be needed by the family. In addition to family-related therapy, Dr. Davelman specializes in helping people meet their health and wellness goals, whether that means exercising more, losing weight, quitting smoking, or sleeping better. By looking at the mental health components of wellness, Dr. Davelman helps clients achieve the goals they set for themselves. She also provides support during setbacks and struggles, helping her clients persist on the road to wellness. Wellness can likewise include the pursuit of career or academic success and learning strategies to achieve these goals.
Overcoming challenges and disappointments are frequent goals that can be addressed in therapy.

Dr. Davelman is licensed as a psychologist in New Jersey (# 5223) and New York (# 18015) and is fluent in Russian.

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