Julian Dodd, MA, LMFT

I view psychotherapy as a collaborative process between therapist and client, where the relationship itself is healing.

My style is active, creative, and holistic. I will meet you where you are— not‑judging, engaged and curious.

Dealing with what troubles you can be daunting—a journey into the mountains. I will be with you, each step, providing safety and support. Moment by moment, I will help you find meaning in your life and encourage your emerging inner wisdom.

On the mountain, I will be with you.

The theoretical approaches that I use in my work are:

  • Humanistic (Gestalt, Client Centered, and Existential)
  • Holistic/Integrative
  • Relational
  • Transpersonal

Psychotherapy is not one size fits all. We may incorporate several different approaches to meet your individual needs and wants.

I am grounded in clinical training and I work from intuition and lived experience. I value authenticity and transparency, and strive to bring that to all my interactions. A 25-year career as a first responder supplied me with a deep reservoir of life experience, compassion, and a strong belief in the resilience of the human spirit.

Who do I work with?

I work with clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, shame, relationship distress, life transitions, and existential dilemmas (questions about the meaning of life, questions about dying and death). I also have experience working with individuals struggling with dual diagnosis (addiction and mental health issues combined). I work with individuals, couples, and families.

Other areas of interest include: intimacy/attachment issues, substance use and behavioral process (porn, gambling, internet) addictions, and issues related to body image.

I am LGBTQ (and gender questioning), kink, and poly friendly.

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My Background and the “Ground Rules”

I graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies with a Master of Arts degree in Integral Counseling Psychology. I received an additional two years of training in Gestalt therapy at Church Street Integral Counseling Center, where I served as an intern for one year.

My experience as a Church Street Intern provided me opportunities to work with individuals and couples from different ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, age, and sexual orientation/gender identity backgrounds. I have worked with people of color, people from the LGBTQ communities, senior citizens, and everyone in between.

What shape waits in the seed of you
to grow and spread it’s branches
against a future sky?

David Whyte

The “Ground Rules”

Prior to becoming a therapist, I studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming. From that experience I took 3 ideas that particularly resonate with me:

  1. People are always doing the best they can. Human beings work perfectly to produce the results they are getting. No one is broken. Healing, growth, and success are not a question of getting rid of behaviors, but rather of acquiring more behavioral choices that provide more options for useful responses in all areas of life.
  2. Mind and Body are part of the same system and they affect each other. Everything influences everything and does so all the time.
  3. Asking “how?” is more useful than “why?”

I offer a free 20-minute phone consultation to answer questions and to make a space where you can get a feel for how we might work together.

Schedule a consultation

Julian Dodd, MA, LMFT lic# 132858

juliandodd33@gmail.com