Clients and couples often work with Julia to become reconnected, recharged and to get clarity about future plans: career, marriage, divorce, parenthood and parenting.
Narrative therapy and collaborative coaching are structured dialogues between therapist and client in which both are acknowledged as knowledgeable.
Conversations with Julia help clients to examine their lives, make discoveries and decisions by realigning with their intentions, preferences and values.
It’s not “How did that make you feel?”
“In this fight with your spouse, there was something underneath, something that is important to you, something you give value to- such that you were willing to fight- What were you valuing? ” is a question Julia asks. She rarely asks “How did you feel in that fight?”
She has found that solely focusing on feelings is an unreliable path for progress. Feelings are important, but so are thoughts and values.
People often feel compelled to figure out “Why” people do what they do, yet this pursuit may not lead to verifiable answers and the “Why” is so much less helpful than “What now?”
Julia asks, “What do you want more of? What do you want less of?”
Clients and couples often work with Julia to become reconnected, recharged and to get clarity about future plans: career, marriage, divorce, parenthood and parenting.