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As a Psychotherapist with 10+ years of clinical experience, I have been able to witness the impressive transformation folks have b...
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As a Psychotherapist with 10+ years of clinical experience, I have been able to witness the impressive transformation folks have been able to achieve through the therapeutic process and relationship.
Julie Lerner is a Licensed Psychotherapist with 10+ years of clinical experience. She is dedicated to her work with folks who identify as LGBTQ+ and/or have experienced trauma, depression, and anxiety. Julie has been fortunate to work with a diverse group of individuals holding intersectional identities, various diagnoses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and cultural backgrounds. She holds herself to a high standard to provide an inclusive, culturally competent, eclectic, and fun approach to Psychotherapy. Julie offers in-person, weekly sessions to best deliver care in a way that aligns with her treatment style.
Julie completed her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology at William James College and has been fortunate to work with various clinical populations for over 10 years.
Julie understands that when someone is seeking therapy, they are seeking a safe space to share their concerns, innermost thoughts, and their dreams. Julie utilizes a variety of treatment approaches including mindfulness-based stress reduction, solution-focused therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Sometimes life can leave us feeling overwhelmed and needing a place to sort out how we are feeling. Julie is optimistic about providing support to help you gain helpful coping skills and increased insight into your experiences, and allow you the space to sort through whatever may be coming up for you. If you are ready to step into living a more fulfilling life schedule an appointment with her today!
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As someone who has lived and trained across cultures I understand how complex our stories can be. I offer a space to explore deepe...
As someone who has lived and trained across cultures I understand how complex our stories can be. I offer a space to explore deeper patterns that shape our struggles, growth, and relationships.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 15 years of experience, and I am also an advanced doctoral candidate in psychoanalysis. Over the years, I have worked with adults facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, and personality difficulties. Many of my clients come to me feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by old patterns. I provide a safe and supportive space where you can reduce anxiety, sadness, or self-doubt, strengthen relationships, set healthy boundaries, and begin meaningful healing.
I hold a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis and bring advanced doctoral training in psychoanalysis. My approach is depth-oriented and psychodynamic, with a focus on uncovering patterns, exploring meaning, and creating lasting change through insight, support, and compassionate care.
I invite you to take the courageous step toward therapy, whether you are seeking relief from pain, clarity in confusion, or stronger connections with yourself and others. Together, we can create space for growth, authenticity, and healing. I would be honored to walk alongside you as you take the next step toward a more fulfilling life.
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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My go to approach for grief and loss counseling is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I prefer CBT in order to replace negative thought patterns with positive thought patterns.
The tools that I teach clients during grief and loss counseling is understanding the common stages of grief.
I know a client is making meaningful progress in grief counseling when they have started to accept what has happened.
Clients can do the homework that a clinician assigns in order to supplement grief and loss counseling.
Clients should understand that there is no wright or wrong way to grief.
Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Brookline, MA have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Brookline, MA will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
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