Julie A. Kaufman is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor providing telehealth services in MN and WI. She specializes in helping adults and older adolescents experiencing problems related to identity, anxiety, panic, sadness, self-advocacy, trauma, life transitions, and grief.
Julie is a trauma-informed and holistic provider. The foundation of her approach is wellness oriented, psychodynamic, strengths-based, and non-pathologizing.
Julie uses traditional evidence-based talk therapy practices along with the experiential integration of yoga, movement, mindfulness, and artistic expression. The blending of these approaches helps people learn the language of their bodies, the parts of self within, and the connection between the two.
Julie's approach has been influenced by the works and theories of Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, Richard Schwartz, Eric Byrne, William Glasser, Viktor Frankl, Thich Nat Hahn, Pema Chodron, Gabor Mate', Kazimierz Dabrowski, Dan Siegel, Bessel Van der Kolk, Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, and Wayne Dyer; she utilizes Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dance and Movement Therapy (DMT), Creative Expression, Feminist Psychology, Individual Psychology, Narrative Psychology, Somatic Psychology, Positive Psychology, Existential Psychology, and Yoga Theory.