Julia comes to Image Reborn as a valued retreat Alumni, having attended their first retreat in 2017. Since then, Julia has offered countless hours of volunteer service, mentorship and friendship, and has modeled what self-care and compassion looks like through their own healing journey. For the past year, Julia has also become a facilitator of grief-sharing circles offered at retreats.|
Julia graduated in 2017 with their Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Phoenix. Prior to moving to Moving Forward Counseling full-time, she worked for the past 7 years in a dual-diagnosis and mental health treatment facility in both their residential and outpatient programs in a multitude of roles. She has been at Moving Forward Counseling for over a year, and is the Clinical Director for their outpatient mental health program. She has had training and certifications in a multitude of different modalities such as: ART, EMDR, trauma-informed art therapy, grief/loss, mindfulness, DBT, CBT and ACT. She enjoys working with adults and adolescents looking for support with trauma, anxiety, depression, BPD, substance and is LGBTQ+ and autistic friendly.
When not working Julia enjoys gardening, creating art, and binge watching TV shows with their family.
