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                                                            Julie Barbour

Julie Barbour is a licensed clinical social worker at Partners in Resiliency in Chandler, Arizona. She brings more than 20 years of clinical experience across hospital systems, military settings, community mental health programs, and private practice environments.

Throughout her career, she has worked with individuals, couples, families, service members, veterans, and survivors of trauma across diverse clinical settings in the United States and internationally. Her work has focused on trauma recovery, relationships, emotional regulation, attachment injuries, operational stress, intimacy concerns, and complex mental health presentations.

She earned a doctoral degree in psychology from Northern Arizona University. She has training in trauma-informed, relational, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), psychodynamic psychotherapy (including object relations and ego psychology), cognitive behavioral approaches, Gestalt Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based interventions, and systems-oriented therapies.

Her clinical approach emphasizes authenticity, emotional safety, accountability, and helping clients better understand the patterns that shape their relationships, emotional experiences, and overall well-being.

Education

Northern Arizona University — Arizona
Doctoral Degree in Psychology (PsyD)
2020–2025

Smith College School for Social Work — Massachusetts
Master of Social Work (MSW)
2003

University of North Carolina Wilmington — North Carolina
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
2001

Current Licensure

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Arizona (#16549)

Clinical Leadership & Experience

Partners in Resiliency — Chandler, Arizona
2019–Present

Provides psychotherapy services to adults, couples, families, and adolescents in private practice. Offers  consultation to developing clinicians and focuses on trauma, relationships, emotional health, men’s wellness, intimacy concerns, and relational functioning.

The Healing Journey — Yuma, Arizona
2019–2020

Provided supervision and training to associate-level therapists pursuing licensure and offered clinical oversight for behavioral health staff working with incarcerated youth, survivors of trafficking, and families recovering from trauma and domestic violence.

Arizona’s Children Association — Yuma, Arizona
2017–2018

Directed behavioral health services for children and families involved with the Department of Child Safety. Supervised multidisciplinary staff, managed Medicaid contracts and outcome measures, and represented the agency in court hearings, child welfare initiatives, and community partnerships.

United States Navy & Fleet Marine Force
2011–2016

Served as a clinical social worker and behavioral health leader within the United States Navy and Marine Corps. While stationed in Okinawa, Japan, Ms. Barbour worked directly with operational military units and helped develop intensive outpatient programming focused on operational stress injuries, trauma recovery, and resiliency.

She later served as a clinical excellence coordinator for Navy social work services, providing consultation on complex clinical and ethical cases while supervising multidisciplinary providers and delivering presentations on combat stress, resilience, and mental health stigma.

She was the first female embedded within Marine Corps Infantry and Artillery units as part of Operational Stress Control and Readiness (OSCAR), providing direct behavioral health support to service members in high-stress operational environments.

Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina
2006–2011

Recruited to help develop outpatient psychotherapy services within the Department of Psychiatry Resident Clinic. Provided psychotherapy, supervision, and clinical consultation to psychiatry residents and social workers.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland
2003–2006

Provided outpatient psychotherapy and psychiatric consultation services within hospital and emergency department settings. Conducted crisis evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and psychotherapy utilizing evidence-based interventions including ACT, CBT, and DBT.

Presentations, Teaching, & Publications

Ms. Barbour has delivered presentations and trainings on trauma, attachment, resilience, ethics, operational stress, and mental health across hospital systems, military organizations, universities, and professional conferences.

Her professional contributions include:

  • National Association of Social Workers conference presentations
  • Keynote presentations on attachment, shame, and resilience
  • Clinical education for psychiatry residents at Duke University
  • Development of resiliency-based treatment programming for military populations
  • Published contribution in Hope Matters: The Power of Social Work (NASW Press)

Professional Interests

Ms. Barbour’s professional interests include:

  • Relationships and attachment
  • Men’s wellness
  • Emotional regulation
  • Intimacy and sexuality
  • Veteran and military mental health
  • Spirituality