Julia Ott

Julia Ott is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of New Jersey. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a minor in Gender Studies from The College of NJ and her Master’s in Psychological Counseling from Monmouth University. Julia spent her early career working in individual, family and group counseling focused on a wide variety of mental health concerns including substance abuse, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma.

Mindful Soul happily welcomed Julia to our team in July 2018 as part of our expansion in maternal mental health services. Julia brings her expertise and guidance to her work with pregnant and postpartum women, women braving infertility, and mamas managing the ups and downs of life with young children. Julia also supports her clients in navigating the expansive grief surrounding pregnancy and baby loss, infertility, TFMR, adoption, mothering without a mother, and other challenging and painful experiences.

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans

-John Lennon

Julia utilizes strategies from the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy, alongside her EMDR training, to support her clients in resolving unprocessed traumas and their resulting internalized negative beliefs. She strongly believes in the importance of being heard, validated, and empowered in your healing and necessary path towards personal wellness. Julia brings a trauma-focused lens to all of the work she does with her clients, working collaboratively towards healing and reclaiming one’s sense of self, safety, and autonomy.

With a clear perspective on how mothers often lose themselves and tend to suffer in silence under the guise of being the “perfect” mom, Julia is passionate about supporting the mental health of mothers and eliminating the stigma and silence of their struggles. Julia’s comprehensive experience in working with the unique needs of women includes coordinating a program for single mothers, facilitating a number of women-focused groups on issues including building self esteem, reframing cognitive distortions and creating a new life script, resolving feelings of grief, and treating women that are healing from trauma or managing issues of addiction.

Julia also enjoys working with parents of neurodivergent or higher need children (some of whom may even be neurodivergent themselves!) She supports parents in finding their way through the unexpected ups and downs of their unique parenting experience, offering validation and compassion alongside powerful tools for the journey.

Julia moved to South Jersey from the Jersey Shore 3 years ago. She loves going to the beach, music and spending time with her husband and her little tornado!

*Please be advised that at this time, Julia is not accepting new clients as her schedule is currently full. Here at Mindful Soul, our therapists take pride in their work and would not like to spread themselves too thin and want to ensure the best level of care is offered to all clients.