Julie Evans, LPC, CPCS
Sometimes the ways we learned to survive difficult experiences continue to shape us long after those experiences have passed. They can influence how we experience relationships, how we respond to emotions, how we see ourselves, and even the ways we protect ourselves from being hurt again.
I work with children, adolescents, adults, parents, and families navigating complex trauma, attachment and relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and challenging or oppositional behaviors. Rather than focusing only on symptoms or behaviors, I want to understand what is happening beneath them—what you have experienced, how you learned to adapt, and what those adaptations may have once helped you survive.
I have a particular passion for working with people impacted by early relationship wounds, disrupted attachment, developmental trauma, and significant instability in their early lives. Our earliest relationships can profoundly influence how we learn to trust, connect with others, regulate our emotions, and understand ourselves. Patterns that may create difficulty today often developed for very good reasons, and understanding those reasons can be an important part of creating lasting change.
In my work with adolescents and adults, I use an attachment-focused, psychodynamic, and experiential approach. Together, we explore how earlier experiences may continue to influence your present-day relationships, emotional responses, and the ways you have learned to cope or protect yourself. Therapy becomes a place not simply to change behaviors or reduce symptoms, but to understand yourself more deeply and begin experiencing yourself and your relationships in new ways.
I also have extensive experience working with children and families, particularly when a child’s behavior may be communicating needs, fear, distress, or experiences that are difficult to express in words. My advanced training in TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention), Theraplay, and Adlerian Play Therapy allows me to work with both children and caregivers to strengthen connection, build felt safety, and support healthier relationships within the family.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor (CPCS), Partner, and Clinical Director of Discovery Connections. My advanced clinical training includes EMDR, DNMS (Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy), TBRI, Theraplay, and Adlerian Play Therapy. I am also currently engaged in advanced ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy) training and supervision, further deepening my psychodynamic and experiential work with complex trauma and longstanding relational patterns.
I believe meaningful therapy is about more than managing symptoms. It is about understanding yourself more deeply, making sense of patterns that once helped you cope or feel safe, and creating space for new ways of experiencing yourself and your relationships. My goal is to offer a therapeutic relationship where you feel deeply understood while also being supported and challenged toward meaningful, lasting change.