Therapist in Wexford, Pennsylvania Julie Klecker, Therapist

Julie Klecker is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania who has been practicing since 1993. Julie has 30 years of experience counseling multicultural populations with various mental health and substance use problems and behaviors. Her specialties lie in the areas of trauma treatment and addictions. She also has a passion to see relationships and families restored. Julie enjoys working with children using play and art therapy. She also works with youth and adults for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use recovery, self-esteem and confidence problems, and marriage and family difficulties using an eclectic approach involving Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Person-centered therapy, EMDR, Psychoeducation, Psychodynamic therapy, and symptom relief using grounding, mindfulness, and guided imagery techniques. Julie’s hope is that everyone entering counseling will feel accepted, seen, and supported. It is her joy to see lives transformed through self-acceptance and self-love. Julie has served in the U.S. Navy as a Chinese linguist. She worked for the National Security Agency with a Top-Secret Clearance. She has a passion to serve those who have experienced trauma from combat. Her life journey began in Illinois and Pennsylvania where she was raised. She was stationed in California, Texas, and Maryland. She has also lived in Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan. She became a Christian in 1976 while performing in a musical called Godspell. Her love for theater and God has never left her. She has created dramas for foreign and domestic mission trips and has written a full musical play. Serving on the mission field has taken her to Brazil, England, Wales, the Bahamas, and Guatemala. All of these experiences have given her access to a large depository of information from which to draw empathy and the ability to relate to a wide variety of human experience. She also enjoys spending time with her seven children, two grandchildren, and five grand fur babies. They love walking, singing, music, and dancing together. In summary, she loves exploring this wonderful planet with the people she loves, making memories to last a lifetime.