About
Julia Walker-Sandoval
Julia's style is first and foremost Client-Centered. To that end, the complete process revolves around the individual's self-empowerment.
Her approaches are psychoanalysis also known as "talk therapy" and Cognitive Behavior therapy (CBT). Talking about the concerns, identifying them, and processing through various experiences are compulsory for the exercise of understanding and working with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Her goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment where individuals can explore their thoughts and emotions, develop coping strategies, and work towards positive change.
Julia Walker-Sandoval is a licensed professional counselor in the states of South Carolina and Georgia, USA
Julia is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with broad experience in assorted counseling techniques, such as Individual, group, couples, and family therapy. Nearly ten years as a counselor have presented sundry opportunities to help individuals, especially survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Her journey serving others began when she worked as an advocate and certified victim service provider (VSP). Wide-ranging experience in that capacity laid the foundation for her to become the psychotherapist she is today.
How did her career as a licensed counselor begin?
Her journey serving others began when she worked as an advocate and certified victim service provider. In fact, the lessons of working as an advocate have been key factors to her becoming an effective therapist. Similarly, the work as a therapist has improved her skills as an effective advocate for her clients. The two disciplines are inherently connected.
Unfortunately, as she learned while working in advocacy, her home state of South Carolina ranks in the top five nationally of deadly intimate partner violence. That reality led to frequent work with individual and family survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Serving those victims honed her abilities to engage clients about trauma and grief, to develop safety plans tailored to their unique circumstances, and to manage high level crises. She assisted clients with court hearings, orders of protection, job searches, resume building, group and individual therapy, and other matters.
Over the past eight years, countless interactions with hundreds of clients have heightened her sense of discernment to design individualized treatment plans to match each client's unique circumstances. Care, love, and passion for my profession translate to an earnest drive and desire to help anyone who wants to help him or herself. When a client exhibits the courage to change and to move out of a comfort zone, she reciprocated by honoring his or her commitment with dedication and hard work. A client will find her unyielding support if he or she is willing to take that leap of faith and trust in her.
The central focus of her career has been to help, serve, and be an advocate for others. She will be an advocate for you as much as you will be for yourself!
8 years as a licensed professional counselor:
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Work Stress
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Loss/Grief
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Self-Esteem
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Social Anxiety
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Academic challenges
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Attachment issue
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Stress
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Trauma
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Women's issues
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Coping Skills
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Codependency
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Domestic violence
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Life coaching
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PTSD
As a psychotherapist today,
Julia has guided numerous individuals to cope with grief, trauma, relationship conflict, low self-esteem, the effects of mood disorders and life's stress. Service in non-profit, public mental health, and private practice sectors has empowered her with a skill-set to formulate effective counseling strategies to address most challenges facing clients. Countless clients have worked together with her to confront emotional discord such as depression, anxiety, familial conflict, anger, and major life changes resulting in adjustment issues. Currently she works with Telehealth online therapy, which has broadened her experience particularly connecting with individuals from various countries all over the world. This highlight of her career has sharpened her cultural sensitivities and competencies.
When she first became a therapist, she never imagined having the opportunity to support and reach out to others living thousands of miles abroad therefore this experience has been quite amazing, as well as fulfilling. Previously, she has served in a mental health clinic. This phase of her career has presented extensive opportunities to assist individuals and families from diverse demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds struggling with wide-ranging mental health disorders. In addition, becoming a mother in the past three years has further broadened her perspective and imbued deeper empathy regarding trauma that can impact individual development, especially during early childhood. Her counseling strategy is steadfastly client-centered and humanistic.
Together, a client and Julia will cultivate a strong connection based on open and honest dialogue. Therapeutic modalities are engaged and tailored to fit a client’s needs at all times. Her practice involves various professional evidence-based practices such as cognitive-therapy, psychodynamic concepts, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused intervention, and dialectical behavior therapy informed techniques. Her profession is a life’s passion which compels her to provide unfaltering support and care to her clients. Every step in her practice is handled ethically with trust, respect, competence, and care. And clients will be empowered to achieve goals, dreams, and plans for the future as mutual understanding in the client-therapist relationship grows.