Hi There! My name is Julie.
I am a Licensed Professional (Clinical) Counselor in Missouri and Ohio, a Nationally Certified Counselor, and a graduate of Missouri State University's CACREP-Accredited Mental Health Counseling Master's program.
I help sensitive introverts find their way through loneliness, anxiety & overwhelm, onto a new path of kindness and generosity towards self.
I am a person-centered therapist. This means I don't see it as my job to give you advice or tell you what to do. I believe the magic happens in therapy when you feel safe and connected in the client/therapist relationship.
My approach is trauma-informed and mindfulness-based. Those I've worked with report experiencing greater self-compassion and feeling more grounded as a result of our work together.
Research Interests
I bring an appreciation of diversity to my work. Part of my undergraduate study involved producing a video documentary series on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
My research interest and the topic of my thesis in graduate school was sexual orientation in women, specifically the need for
a more inclusive model of sexual orientation (beyond the 3-category ‘heterosexual, bisexual, gay/lesbian’ model)
which would account for sexual fluidity in women.
Clinical Experience and Training
Prior to opening my practice in 2016, I provided trauma-informed individual and group therapy with a focus on self-esteem, codependency, sexuality, and spirituality as part of a team serving women struggling with substance abuse.
I am a member of the American Counseling Association.
Some of my training experience includes:
Working with the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse - Dr. Ramani (2024)
Meditation and Psychotherapy - Tara Brach (2023)
Compassionate Inquiry - Dr. Gabor Maté (2023)
Providing Inclusive, Respectful Care to Your Gender Questioning, Transgender & Nonbinary Clients - Dara Hoffman-Fox, LPC (2023)
IFS In Action: Leading Clients to Self-Leadership - Dr. Richard Schwartz (2021)
Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists: Clinical and Ethical Considerations - Zur Institute (2020)
Science and Self-Care of High Sensitivity - April Snow, LMFT (2019)
Clinical Techniques for Managing Suicidal Clients - Dr. Granello (2019)
Sacrificial Helping Syndrome: Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout - Katie Vernoy, LMFT (2018)
You are a Superhero: Counseling Highly Sensitive People from a Resiliency Approach - Dr. Misty Ginicola (2018)
Understanding and Assessing Racial Trauma - Dr. Monnica T Williams (2018)
Transforming Bereavement: Clinical Practices for Grief and Loss - Jill johnson-Young, LCSW (2018)
““I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits.” ”