Julie MacAdam

I work with these modalities:
Somatic Experiencing®Somatic Experiencing is a well-respected, body-centered approach to resolving trauma and chronic stress. It was developed by Peter Levine and is grounded in decades of research. In our work together, we track sensations, movements, and images in the body to support the nervous system in finding more regulation and resilience. Rather than re-living trauma, we work slowly to renegotiate it—restoring a sense of safety, agency, and connection.
  • Tamalpa Life/Art Process®This movement-based expressive arts approach is based on the pioneering work of Anna Halprin. It invites play, movement, drawing, writing, and voice into the exploration of psychological material, using the creative process to explore facets of your body and life story. This process supports insight and a deepened relationship your creative, capable self.
  • Integrative Dreamwork – My approach to dreamwork combines somatic and imaginal practices to uncover the guidance within your dreams. We work relationally and symbolically, allowing the dream to unfold through conversation, drawing, and embodied exploration. This process brings unconscious material into conscious awareness and can offer integration and clarity.
  • Herbal Medicine Plants can be powerful allies on the healing path. Together, we co-create a plan of support using herbs, lifestyle changes, dietary shifts and more. I draw from both Western and Eastern healing traditions, honoring your body’s innate wisdom and your personal relationship with the plants themselves.
 

“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing creates change you do.” 

– Peter Levine 

Common questions

Each session is a collaborative space where we slow down and listen. We often will begin with simple conversation, noticing how you’re arriving that day, where you feel resourced, and what you’d like to tend to. From there, depending on the model we work within and your hopes, we may track sensations in the body, swing awareness between two or more sensations, finish thwarted stress responses, explore images or memories or impulses, work with movement, or follow a dream.
This work may be right for you have reached an impasse in other forms of more traditional therapy. It is suitable for folks who are drawn to a process that centers the body’s intelligence and other ways of knowing and being. If you feel like you have the insight but don’t feel the change! 
A good fit is also about feeling safe-enough, resonate, and gently challenged in the ways that help expand growth edges.
I offer a free 20-minute consultation where I can be available to answer any questions you may have for me. 
Clients often describe feeling more grounded, resourced, and connected to themselves. You may also begin to notice patterns of behavior that you want to change with earlier warning signs and more clarity, holding your experience with greater compassion. This work can help shift long-held trauma responses and their impact on the body and perception, open creative pathways, and reconnect you with your own innate inner guidance and vitality underneath it all. There is more information on my “About” page at the bottom if you’d like to orient to that.
I specialize at the intersection of trauma renegotiation using dreams and the creative process. I work with a wide range of experiences, including developmental and relational trauma, shock trauma, grief and loss, chronic stress, anxiety, body-based symptoms, and creative blocks. My approach is inclusive, respectful of what is conscious and unconscious, and deeply reverent of the unique ways we adapt and survive.
My current rate is $115/session. I offer sliding scale spaces which prioritize, but are not limited to, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and trans/GNC communities. I stand for making this work as accessible as possible and also have group cohorts which tend to be more affordable.
If you have questions about how I determine my rates or want to talk about a sliding scale opportunity, please be in touch. 
  • intake consultation
  • titrated trauma intake
  • weekly or bi-weekly sessions
  • email contact
  • at-home practices
  • trauma renegotiation
  • nervous system psychoeducation and tools for regulation
  • dream method & dreamwork
  • creative expression prompts
  • herbal and dietary recommendations
  • lifestyle considerations
  • ways to engage in ritual
  • self-reflection questions
  • breathing, meditation and movement practices
  • referrals to a web of skilled practitioners