Meet Julie:
Relationship Therapist · Trauma Therapist · Certified Brainspotting Practitioner · Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Practitioner · Clinical Supervisor
In person Frederick, MD & Online across MD and TX
Julie is a seasoned trauma and relationship therapist and the founder of Inner Evolution, a relationship-centered, trauma-informed practice based in Frederick, MD. She works with adults, young adults, and couples navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, and emotional overwhelm.
Her approach combines trauma-informed therapy with practical skill building, helping clients not only understand their patterns—but begin to respond differently in their daily lives and relationships. Grounded in nervous system work, Julie helps clients build resilience—the ability to adapt, recover, and return to balance under stress—so change becomes something they can actually sustain.
Julie’s work focuses on integration, the process of turning insight into lasting change.
This means:
- Using multiple approaches (therapy, skill building, and deeper processing)
- Practicing new patterns until they become more familiar than the old ones
- Bringing change into your body, relationships, and everyday life
The goal isn’t just to feel better in session—
it’s to have your life actually be different outside of it.
Areas of Focus
- Trauma & nervous system regulation
- Anxiety & emotional overwhelm
- Relationship therapy & intensives
- Life transitions & stuck patterns
Services Include:
- Individual Therapy: Trauma, anxiety, and life transitions
- Relationship Therapy & Intensives: Deeper, extended support for couples
- Brainspotting: A brain-body approach for trauma processing
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): Structured support for deeper healing and integration
- DBT-Informed Skills: Tools for managing emotions, relationships, and stress
Modalities
Brainspotting: Trauma doesn't just live in your thoughts—it gets stored in your body and the deep parts of your brain that process threat and safety automatically. That's why you can understand what happened to you and still feel it in your chest, your stomach, your shoulders. Brainspotting works through your brain-body connection to access this subcortical processing—the deeper brain structures where trauma is held. Rather than relying on retelling the story, Brainspotting works by identifying a relevant "brainspot" in your field of vision that connects with where emotional memory is stored. Combined with a safe, attuned presence, this method allows your system to process and release stuck material naturally. It helps your nervous system finally release what it's been carrying, especially when you feel "stuck" in talk therapy or when you can feel something in your body but talking about it hasn't been enough.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): Your brain forms pathways based on repeated experiences—like deep grooves that become your default mode network. Depression, anxiety, and trauma can create pathways that keep you stuck in the same patterns, even when you desperately want to change. KAP creates neuroplasticity—temporary windows where your brain becomes more flexible and can form new pathways. Instead of staying stuck in loops of rumination, fear, or shutdown, your brain gets the chance to reorganize around safety, connection, and healing. In a structured, supportive setting, ketamine helps quiet mental noise and open pathways to insight, healing, and emotional release. I offer KAP as a deeply integrative process—starting with preparation and followed by body- and mindfulness-based integration to help insights become lasting change. It's designed for treatment-resistant depression, chronic anxiety, relational trauma, and patterns that insight alone hasn't shifted.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): I offer practical, evidence-based skills for navigating intense emotions, building self-awareness, and improving relationships. Whether we're exploring mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, or interpersonal effectiveness, these tools help you feel more grounded and empowered in your everyday life.
Yoga-Informed and Mindfulness-Based Therapy: As a certified yoga therapist (RYT-500), I bring a trauma-informed understanding of movement, breath, and mindfulness into the therapy room. You won't be asked to move or access your body in any particular way—but if you're open to it, we can explore practices that gently support your nervous system and deepen your sense of safety and self-trust. These tools can be especially powerful for supporting emotional work and creating space for new patterns to emerge.
Licenses & Credentials: LCMFT , LCPC (Maryland) · LMFT (Texas) · Certified Brainspotting Practitioner · · RYT-500 ·
Julie also develops and leads workshops, trainings, and professional development focused on resilience, nervous system regulation, and relationship health. Her work supports individuals and organizations in building the capacity to manage stress, strengthen connection, and sustain performance over time.
Check out her podcast: The JOY Factor Podcast, where she explores healing, growth, and what it means to build a life that feels meaningful and connected.