About the Author
Julianne Leavy received her BA in Speech Communication from San Diego State University in 1986, and her MA in Clinical Psychology with Expressive Art Therapy from JFK University in Campbell, California in 1996. She also served as a part-time instructor at JFK University, teaching workshops on working with children victims of domestic violence. From 1993-96 Ms. Leavy worked with children, couples, and families as a counselor trainee in the John F. Kennedy Community Counseling Center and for the Cupertino Unified School District. Ms. Leavy worked with the YWCA of Monterey County since 1996 in various capacities. Her work has included involvement with the battered women's shelter, domestic violence community outreach, teen counseling programs, and new program development. She developed the very successful Sticks & Stones® programs, providing counseling and support for children exposed to domestic violence, and to families wherein children are living with relatives other than their biological parents. Ms. Leavy counsels families, couples, teenagers, and children in her private practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT), with a focus on domestic violence issues, parent education, children of divorce, grief work, and eating disorders. |
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