JONATHAN JULIAN, MA

~ Accepting new clients ~

Telephone: (510) 239-3589
Email: jonathanajulian@gmail.com
Website: jjuliantherapy.com
Pronouns: he/him, they/them

Office address: 3207 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
Office Hours: Tuesdays 6:00pm-8:00pm, Wednesdays 2:00pm-8:00pm, Fridays 1:00pm-6:00pm, Saturdays 11:00am-3:00pm
Office accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

License: Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist 104084
Supervisor: Lucy Collier, MFC 37260

Fees: Individual sessions range between $80-$140 depending on ability and need. I do not take any insurance at this time. I am, however, happy to provide you with appropriate invoices to be reimbursed through your insurance if this is a part of your plan.

I am a queer artist, activist and therapist working with other queer, trans and allied individuals and couples to find empowerment in your identities, healing from trauma and integrated growth.

I received my MA in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am currently an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with an office in the Oakland LGBTQ+ Center.

I believe deeply in healing, and my practice as a therapist is one way I use my own healing journey to inform and create space for others to explore theirs. Healing can be a process of reconnecting to and revealing our personal and communal strengths - our innate sense of power that interpersonal and systemic oppression tries to take from us. Through intentional self-reflection and processing of trauma, we can build an orientation of healing and learn to empower ourselves, our relationships and our communities.

I am most passionate about working within my community of queer and trans* folx across the lifespan - especially queer and trans* young people. We are a community of unique creativity, relationships, resilience, resistance, community, love and healing. As a White person, I also seek to assist other White-identified people in dismantling white supremacy through explorations and accountability in White allyship and ethnic identity.

MODALITIES

Expressive Arts Therapy can assist us in reengaging our imagination to dream up creative solutions to our current struggles, and give us vision for our future goals.

Before becoming a therapist I was a visual and performing artist - illustrator, singer, musician, and dancer. I have used these mediums in my own process of healing, and offer exploration with many forms of creative arts to find deeper connection to self and empower expression.

Art can be a powerful way to access difficult content through metaphor and externalizations of internalized pain. It can also be a joyful way to celebrate and honor growth and boundaries, and connect to community. Using the arts in therapy has the potential to strengthen coping, bolster resilience and give voice to oppressed parts of ourselves. It is a big part of my personal self-care and co-care.

AREAS OF CLINICAL WORK

Queer, Trans*, Non-Binary and LGBTQIA+ Identified Individuals and Relationships :: Queer and Trans* Children and Youth and their Families :: Artists :: Healers :: Activists/Organizers :: Love, Consent, Boundaries and Relationships :: Sexuality :: Kink :: Spirituality :: Gender Identity Development :: Relationships within Difference :: Polyamorous and Open Relationships :: Survivors of Sexual Violence :: Historical and Intergenerational Trauma :: Intimate Partner Violence :: PTSD :: Anxiety and Depression :: Transitions, Adjustments, Change and Acceptance :: Systemic and Institutional Oppression :: Grief and Loss :: Family Building :: Isolation and Community Engagement :: White Ethnic Identity :: White Dominance, Fragility, Guilt and Allyship :: Bipolar, Narcissism and Other Personality Disorders :: Connection to Community Resources :: Self- and Community-Care

CLINICAL APPROACH

I take a strengths-based, healing and community-centered approach where I see each individual as a complex and unique person, the expert on your own lived experiences, in relationship with others, and as a participant in larger systems. I use an eclectic mix of psychotherapeutic theories and orientations including Liberation Psychology, Queer, Trans* & Gender affirmative psychology, Narrative Therapy, Intersectionality, Transformative/Restorative Justice, Trauma-conscious/informed, Healing-centered, Relational-Cultural Therapy, Critical Race Theory, Somatic Awareness, Harm Reduction, Guided Meditation and Mindfulness. The bulk of my training is in Expressive Arts Therapy, which is my chosen method of engagement.