Julie Adler, LCPC(She/Her/Hers)

Julie Adler is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) also a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (CASDCS,) works with college-aged adults and adults navigating grief and loss, trauma and PTSD, anxiety, chronic illness, neurodiversity, relationship challenges, infertility, parenting stress, identity exploration, and major life transitions. She has a particular passion for supporting individuals facing unexpected changes in life, including divorce, retirement, caregiving responsibilities, and the emotional complexities of midlife. Julie also specializes in working with neurodivergent individuals and couples navigating neurodiverse relationships.

Julie's therapeutic approach is highly relational, collaborative, and trauma-informed. She believes that healing begins within a safe and authentic therapeutic relationship where clients feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood. Her work integrates narrative therapy, psychodynamic principles, relational therapy, and social-emotional approaches, helping clients examine the stories they tell about themselves while developing new perspectives that foster resilience, self-compassion, and meaningful growth. Julie combines insight-oriented exploration with practical tools, tailoring treatment to each client's unique experiences, strengths, and goals.

Julie brings a uniquely rich professional background to her clinical work. Prior to becoming a therapist, she spent more than a decade as a rabbi, educator, writer, and community leader, supporting individuals through life's most significant moments of joy, grief, uncertainty, and transformation. She holds a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adler University, a Master of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, and was ordained as a rabbi through Hebrew Union College. Drawing from both her extensive life experience and clinical training, Julie offers thoughtful, culturally sensitive care that empowers clients to embrace vulnerability, navigate challenges with courage, and create lives grounded in meaning and connection.