Starfish Services, LLC

Hello! If you're here, you must be looking for help navigating a curveball life has thrown your way. I've had my share of curveballs in life too, and I know the value of having someone come alongside you, hear you out, and believe in you until you're able to believe in yourself again. I am a down-to-earth, approachable therapist who believes that good therapy is 2 parts loving-kindness and 1 part kick-to-the-butt. I want to hear the story of what's happened to you, but I also want to encourage you to move forward. I believe that a solid therapeutic relationship is more important than any particular treatment approach in producing the best results in therapy.

As a Therapist, I won't:

Try to fix you.
Give you advice.
Tell you what to do.
Pretend I know more about you than you do.
Assume what is best for you.
Have all the answers.
Make all the hard stuff go away.

As a Therapist, I will:

Remind you that you aren't broken.
Give you room to access your own wisdom.
Support you in figuring out what to do.
Recognize that you are the expert on your own life.
Remember that only you know what is best for you.
Honor that I don't know it all.
Collaborate with you on how to make the hard stuff easier to sit with.

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About Julie

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
- Minnesota Board of Social Work
Master's in Social Work
- University of St. Thomas/College of St. Catherine
Master Accelerated Resolution Therapy Clinician/Trainer
National SAF-T Trainer
Lead Clinician
- 911 At Ease International Minnesota Chapter
Life Coaching Certificate
- Adler Graduate School
Improv Training
- Stevie Ray's School of Improv

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

Why Starfish Services? The Legend of the Starfish

I am trained at the Master Level in Accelerated Resolution Therapy and am also an Accelerated Resolution Therapy Trainer. I have a special interest in helping clients move beyond trauma, build resiliency, and live full and rich lives using this innovative approach.

Learn more here: Accelerated Resolution Therapy.

From the Acclerated Resolution Therapy website:
ART incorporates a combination of techniques used in many other traditional psychotherapies. ART works directly to reprogram the way in which distressing memories and images are stored in the brain so that they no longer trigger strong physical and emotional reactions. ART accomplishes this through the use of rapid eye movements similar to eye movements that occur during dreaming. Although techniques similar to these are used in other types of therapies. ART’s very specific and directive approach can achieve rapid recovery from symptoms and reactions that may have been present for many years. ART combines long respected, sound treatment practices with safe and effective methods validated by current scientific research studies conducted by the University of South Florida.

Why Starfish Services? The Legend of the Starfish

Everyday, an old man walked the beach with a pail, picking up starfish that had been washed in by the tide, and throwing them back into the sea.

One day, a young boy stopped the old man and asked, "Why do you throw the starfish back? There must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish. It won't make a difference."

The old man picked up a starfish out of his pail and threw it as far as he could into the sea and replied, "It made a difference to that one."

From The Star Thrower
By Loren Eisley