LPC, Affiliate

Julie is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in working with children and adolescents. She obtained her Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Monmouth University in 2011.

After graduating, Julie worked at Trinitas Regional Medical Center as part of an Interdisciplinary Team working with adults with a developmental disabilities and dual diagnosis or mental health concern. Julie then took the position of School Counselor at Point Road Elementary

School in Little Silver. Julie has been working in private practice at Brighter Living for over 10 years. At Brighter Living, Julie provides individual counseling, runs social skills groups and acts as an educational advocate. Julie utilizes a multimodal approach to treatment by incorporating play therapy, sand tray therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychoeducation. Additionally, she is trained in Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Treatment typically focuses on developing healthy habits for managing anxiety, attention or behavior concerns, grief, and family transitions. Treatment goals are collaboratively determined between the therapist, parent(s) and child.

While making the decision to seek therapeutic support, for a child or adolescent, can be a difficult one, Julie's therapeutic rapport and trusting relationship, with both the child and parents, creates a positive, shared experience. Julie often tells her clients and their families "you can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." She takes the approach that in life there will always be difficulties and hardships, but learning how to cope in a healthy way, allows you to negotiate these difficulties and hardships with greater ease.

Retrieving Happier, Stronger Family Relationships

Strengthening Family Bonds