***IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY, including some after-school & evenings.

Julia is an in-network provider with: BCBS (including Blue Home/UNC Health Alliance), AETNA (including State Health Plan), and CIGNA/Evernorth.

Julia Burke, LCSWA (she/her) provides individual therapy to children, ages 3+,

adolescents, and parents, using play- and talk-based interventions grounded in

psychodynamic, attachment, and trauma-informed theories. Julia believes that therapy

can serve as a space for people of all ages to explore their inner worlds in a safe,

nonjudgmental, and supportive setting. She offers an empathetic, holistic, and person-

centered approach to therapy, centering her clients’ needs, hopes, and goals. As a

psychodynamic therapist, she deeply values relationships as a source of healing and

change. Through a curious, reflective, and warm approach, Julia strives to create a

space where clients feel nurtured, heard, and empowered to explore all parts of

themselves. She welcomes people of all sexual orientations, gender identity and

expression, racial and ethnic identity, and religious or spiritual affiliations.

Julia believes that play therapy offers a space for children to engage in self- exploration,

develop curiosity and insight into their internal world, build secure relationships, and

practice coping and self-regulation skills. She sees caregivers as fundamental in

supporting children in therapeutic work and collaborates closely with them in dedicated

parent sessions. Together, Julia works with parents to explore different understandings

of their children’s behaviors and experiences, strengthen parenting skills, and examine

how their own past experiences may influence their parenting and family relationships.

Julia is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BA) and the University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill (MSW). She completed psychodynamic training at the UNC Department

of Psychiatry Child and Family Guidance Program and worked as a school social work

intern in Chatham County Schools.

Julia finds meaning and joy outside of therapy by exploring the outdoors and its many

wonders, creating art, and sharing a meal with friends and family.