Reading List:

  • The Mastery of Love (Don Miguel Ruiz)

  • Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom (Rick Hanson)


Julie Fournier

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Biography:

Julie works with adolescents and adults and brings a warm, genuine, and down-to-earth style. She believes the therapeutic relationship is at the heart of healing and change, and emphasizes building trust and creating a space where clients feel safe to be themselves. She genuinely appreciates and welcomes each client’s unique identities, experiences, strengths, and struggles, and works collaboratively with clients to find an approach that feels meaningful and helpful based on their individual needs. Julie balances exploring underlying experiences, patterns, and emotions with practical tools and steps toward creating a life that feels more aligned. She has a special interest in the mind-body connection and how mindfulness can influence the brain and nervous system over time, and enjoys incorporating mindfulness-based techniques and practices—including somatic awareness—into the therapeutic process.

Specializations:

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Relationship challenges

  • Life transitions

  • Substance use concerns

  • Emotional regulation

Education:

  • BA Psychology, Smith College

  • MSW Masters in Social Work, Smith School for Social Work


Special Interests:

Teaching yoga & breathwork. Intuitive movement & dancing. 

Modalities:

  • Relational

  • Self-Psychology

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • ACT informed

  • CBT informed