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About Julie Lewis

Julie Lewis, MACP | Registered Psychotherapist, C-DBT

Primary Location/Service Area: Barrie, ON *Only Virtual across CA*

Registering Body: CRPO

License Number: 11014

Problem:
You’re exhausted. You’ve been trying to figure out how to feel better for so long but you find yourself in the same patterns. Patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving, and then ….the shame, the hopelessness, the internal self-criticism. It feels like an endless loop with no end and you just want to feel like yourself again or like a self you’ve only dreamed of but never actually been able to experience.

Or maybe those memories just won’t go away. You’re hit from behind; it happens so quickly you don’t know it’s coming. Then the spiral, the ways you are coping - you know they are not effective but it’s’ all you know to do. And it feels so complicated; it’s not just anxiety or just depression or just panic or just overwhelm. It’s not just ineffective behaviours or emotions that feel so big and make no sense later; it is all of it which makes it so much harder to know where to start to unravel it all.

Solution:
I help clients slow down the constant mental spiraling and reconnect with a sense of calm, confidence, and safety. Whether I’m supporting individuals, couples, kids or teens, my goal is to create a space where people feel deeply understood; not judged. Together, we explore the patterns underneath the chaos while building evidence based skills to help you feel more grounded in your day-to-day life, relationships, and work.

Result:

My goal is to help you gain a tool kit of skills that will help you increase your ability to gain control, understand your patterns and know which skills to use for each challenge that comes up. I’ll help you stop feeling like you’re constantly stuck in the automatic patterns of burnout and survival mode so you can finally feel lighter, be more present, sleep more peacefully, and begin to enjoy life again. I want therapy to feel like a place where you be yourself, feel emotionally safe and supported, and slowly reconnect with yourself and move forward.

Experience

Julie is a Registered Psychotherapist with over 24 years experience working with and assessing clients with depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, burnout, and trauma experiences.

Client Focus: Individual Adults, Children, Teens, Couples, Family, Parents

Types of therapy: CBT, DBT, EFT, EFIT, ERP, Guided Drawing

Issues: