Testimonials

Julie, you are good at so many things, and it’s hard to capture the magic that you bring, but here are some of the things that stand out to me:

Making the client feel safe. Talking with you is like finally having the safety I needed as a little girl. My whole heart gives a sigh of relief. 

Holding very difficult information in exactly the right way, with calm, compassion, pragmatism, never shocked, never shaming or judgmental. Never surprised. 

Remembering everything! I don’t know if you write it all down or you have a crazy auditory memory or what, but your recall of specific events and my overall arch of experiences is incredible. It makes the client feel truly heard. 

Intuition. You have a powerful gift for knowing the right questions to ask, the right places to go, when to wait for more to be said, when there is something essential in a little piece of what is said. 

Timing–goes with intuition. You never push forward with any kind of agenda. So many times things have gone in a different direction, needed to stop in the middle of a step of the release process, take a totally different turn. You are so deft at making those turns with the client. It’s a huge gift because it allows new and surprising information and important exploration that would not be possible if you could not make these turns so easily with the client. I am not articulating this well but it speaks to the nimbleness of your mind and your ability to process what is happening very quickly and stay with it, which seems to be a huge thing because when we’re working in the realm of childhood experiences and beliefs, things are not linear and logical like they may be with our adult thinking, and trying to force the narrative to be linear and logical will completely miss critical opportunities for discovery. 

You’re exceptional in your deep belief in the client and in your unconditional positive regard. You are exceptional at communicating that. That allows the client to dare to explore deep pain with honesty, because they know deep down that anything they encounter will not change your regard for them as a person. It allows them to begin to embody that same unconditional positive regard for themselves. 

You are amazing at bringing the kind of guided imagery pieces to the work. I am recalling one time where we created a small house on a riverbank for me to be in. It has stayed with me always and I go there often. The way you share the imagery, like the way we explored the two career paths, makes it incredibly effective in a way that simply “discussing” something is not. I think in images and I have the sense that you are excellent at intuiting what ways of thinking and exploring their inner landscape will resonate with the client the most.