Workshops & speaking
Practical tools, shared in a room.
Health and wellness classes for community groups, workplaces and organizations.
Julie’s classes run about 50 minutes and can be tailored into a longer or shorter overview on request. Contact Julie for class information, to book a class for your organization, or to join one of her local workshops.
Classes
Health & wellness classes offered
Four weeks
Divorce Recovery Groups
A four-week supportive, educational class for people coping with the end of a marriage or relationship, with or without children.
Stress
Setting Margins
How to build buffer and cushion into a stressful life: the costs of overloaded, stress-filled days and practical suggestions for change.
Helpful hints for a time of change
Women in Midlife
Role changes, physical and emotional changes and even a spiritual refocus: ways to meet midlife with renewed vigor, growth and commitment.
The teenage brain
Parenting Your Teen
What research on the teenage brain reveals about sometimes puzzling teen behavior, and how to use it to enjoy these pivotal years more.
Hands-on
Aromatherapy
A hands-on class in a natural way to calm, soothe or energize. Participants take home an aromatherapy sample.
Sleep
Sleepless in Denver
We have all heard about eight hours a night, but are you getting your REM sleep? How sleep affects health and well-being, and natural ways to rest well.
Balance
The Wellness Wheel
A useful tool for a balanced life across the physical, emotional, relational, intellectual and spiritual. Learn to use the wheel for a life check-up.
Presence
The Benefits of Mindfulness
Being present to what is now: learn to quiet the mind and bring your focus to the moment, for better health.
Research into practice
Happiness and the New Positive Psychology
Researchers like Dr. Martin Seligman are finding surprising answers to “what makes a person happy?”, with real implications for mental and physical health.
Neuroscience
The Amazing Brain
An introduction to the brain and how it changes, drawing on Julie’s work in neuroscience and counseling.
Speaking
Conferences & professional audiences
Julie presented “New in Neuroscience: New Directions in Treatment and What the Counselor Needs to Know” at the 2017 American Counseling Association Conference & Expo in San Francisco, on how neuroscience research is guiding practical applications in mental and behavioral health.
Consulting
Emergency preparedness
A disaster mental health responder for the American Red Cross, Julie consults with mental health professionals on emergency preparedness and planning for their practices.
Take the first step
Bring a workshop to your group.
Tell Julie about your organization and the topic you have in mind.