About Julie
I know what it's like to feel like your worth is dependent on winning approval, acceptance, or admiration from others. It creates a never-ending loop of having to prove yourself. It's exhausting.
And I know what it's like to discover that the equation is backwards—that it's not being good enough that earns us love, but being loved for no reason at all that finally teaches us we are good enough.
This isn't just theory for me. I've done this work myself. I know what it takes to heal when you've been raised by insecure or immature parents, to learn to love your body, to set boundaries without guilt, to become your own secure base. That's why I can walk this path with you.
My Training & Credentials
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with training in multiple evidence-based approaches that I weave together based on what you need:
- Attachment Theory - Understanding how early relationships shape us and how to heal
- Parts Work - Creating an unfailingly kind and trustworthy inner adult who can take over for your inner critic
- EMDR - Processing trauma and painful memories
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) & Emotional Awareness Expression Therapy (EAET) - Healing chronic pain
- Self-Compassion & Mind-Body Therapies - Integrating gentle self-talk and somatic practices
Who I Work With
Most of my clients are adults who grew up with critical, emotionally neglectful, or immature parents. They learned early to be strong, to not need too much, to handle things on their own.
They're often high-functioning, capable people who look fine on the outside but feel exhausted and depleted on the inside. They're tired of the constant self-criticism. They're ready to learn how to nurture themselves the way they've been nurturing everyone else.
If that sounds like you, I'd love to help you discover what it feels like to be firmly on your own side—to trust yourself, to like yourself, to finally feel good enough exactly as you are.