Julianna Vermeys (she/her/hers)

Somatic Therapy (Body Centered)

Each of us has the potential to be fully present by utilizing the vast communication potential of the body. I am highly skilled at utilizing the awareness of the sensation in one's body to guide a richer understanding of one's emotions, reactions and experience during therapy.

Mindfulness-based

Mindfulness helps develop self-awareness by slowing down to experience how the body, emotions and mind feel. In relationship with the body, one can learn to feel safe, calm down the mind and shift emotions. In the presence of a skilled therapist, mindfulness can be used to heal, improve and change your life. I have studied mindfulness for 20 years, incorporating it in all aspects of therapy.

Attachment Theory

I believe our attachments to our first caregivers offer us a window into how we feel and function in our current relationships and life endeavors. Using narrative and discussion to understand the complex web of attachment-based emotions and experience in the world, I can help you feel empowered and in charge of your life choices and behaviors.

Psychodynamic 

Utilizing the framework of Psychodynamic theory to understand the complex patterns of conditioning, relationship, role and place in the world supports trauma informed, somatic integration in therapy. I honor the wisdom of your conditioning and the way it has supported your survival. Exploring new ways of relating with yourself and the world, your past and the present with this framework supports whole transformation.

Anxiety

I have decades of experience exploring tools to alleviate debilitating feelings of anxiety and worry. I work with you to develop a strengths-based understanding of your worry. Coupled with evidence-based deliberate present-oriented practices, can provide lasting effectiveness with physiological reduction of stress in the body and mind. It is no surprise that so many of us are experiencing anxiety. You are not a problem. Your body, your system is wise. Your worry makes sense. Integration is key.

Loss or Grief

I am dedicated to the conscious experience and expression of loss and grief both personally and professionally. Using depth-oriented, trauma informed therapy in conjunction with somatic trauma treatment, I can help you integrate the pain of major or minor loss and grief. My hope is that my work with you will help you integrate your pain into a richer and more profound life right now.

PTSD

I am trained in trauma-informed counseling, a specialized skill set to help you safely examine and integrate the trauma of your life without re-traumatization (using a framework of understanding the nervous system and it's response to stress and trauma). With compassionate, gentle, attentive guidance, I will assist your reclaiming and harmonizing the present body and mind, daily skills to help you heal.

Depression

Depression treatment is hard. A depressed system needs space while also needing action. Both can be true at the same time and leave one feeling stuck in the therapy room. I utilize collaborative, humanistic and equitable therapy to support the fostering of a therapeutic relationship willing to explore all facets of the depression; the richness of your emotions and respect for your depth of experience. It is not surprising that so many of us are feeling depressed. You are not the problem.

Relationship / Marriage Issues

I use mindfulness tools, including somatic movement and awareness in therapy work with couples to offer a unique approach to sorting through and healing within relationship and marriage. I have expertise in family dynamics and systems to cultivate clarity and empowerment around family and partner relationships.