About

Julie started her career working as a crisis worker in children’s teen crisis centers. This encouraged her to pursue a long-term therapeutic career which has included working with children, teens, and adults. She has worked extensively in infant adoption. This included working with birth mothers and siblings at a very low time. It also included working with adoptive families as they looked forward to becoming a family. She was trained at the Grief Recovery Center which is an evidence-based training for working with grief, loss, and abandonment issues of many kinds. She has helped many teens and adults discover how to find peace and move forward in their lives. Julie has also worked with addiction and dual diagnosis. She currently works with teens and adults as they learn to use their core values to overcome mental health and addiction issues as well as change their thinking patterns through therapeutic interventions and psychoeducation. She also works with young children in helping them overcome traumas, manage behaviors, identify and manage emotions, and build self-esteem. She considers herself a lifelong learner as she continues to learn and practice utilizing EMDR therapy, trauma therapy, play therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and works with attachment issues. Julie enjoys the outdoors, nature, camping, going for walks in the mountains, and spending time with family and friends. She also enjoys doing arts and crafts with her clients and on her own as a therapeutic activity.