Specializing in somatic practices including
EMDR • Guided Visualizations • 4 Blinks
Our bodies hold wisdom and learning to listen is a worthy endeavor
Meet Your Therapist
JULIA GRECO, LCSW
Los Angeles-based therapist specializing in trauma, non-monogamy, sex & kink and relationships.
EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNG, I HAVE BEEN FASCINATED WITH HUMANS AND OUR BRAINS.
I remember sitting in an introductory psychology course at the beginning of my undergraduate experience and thinking “Aha! This is the field for me.”
There was something unbelievably grounding in learning that humans do things and feel things for reasons that make sense, a sentiment that I often repeat to my clients today.
After many years of experience in the mental health field, I noticed the observable absence of sex-related themes in therapy. I received little to no formal training in how to normalize sex and sexuality in a therapeutic environment, which mimicked the messaging I had often received in our overall sex negative culture.
After becoming involved in local sex positive and kink affirming spaces, it was clear to me that sex positivity did not degrade our value as we are often told, but instead has the power to enhance our identities and lives.
ACKNOWLEDGING THIS LACK OF SEX POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE, IN 2020 I OPENED UP MY PRIVATE PRACTICE AS A SEX POSITIVE TRAUMA THERAPIST.
Being a Sex Positive Trauma Therapist means I get to bring together the affirming power of sex positivity with my experience as a trauma informed specialist to help clients create meaningful positive change in their lives.
Trainings & Certifications
Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT): Level 1 Trained Couple Therapist
Everyone Deserves Sex Ed (EDSE): Certified Sex Educator
Institute for Creative Mindfulness: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist
Trauma Resource Institute: Trauma Resiliency Model Level 1 Training
The Affirmative Couch: Psychological Preparation for Medical Transition
My background
Education & leisure
Licensed through the Board of Behavioral Sciences, LCSW88901
California State University, Los Angeles, Master of Social Work, Tau Eta Honors Society Member, 2015
University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, minor in Applied Psychology, 2008
Professional associations
Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
specializing in:
Trauma
Relationships
Sex & Kink
Ethical non-monogamy