Julia McMullen Kharkar (she/her)

Trauma can leave you feeling stuck in survival mode: constantly on edge, disconnected, or overwhelmed by memories that won’t stay in the past. I specialize in helping adults heal from PTSD and the effects of military trauma, childhood experiences, abuse, loss, and other overwhelming events. My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed, incorporating EMDR and other evidence-based therapies to help you feel safer, more grounded, and more like yourself again.

Trauma can leave you feeling stuck in survival mode: constantly on edge, disconnected, or overwhelmed by memories that won’t stay in the past. I specialize in helping adults heal from PTSD and the effects of childhood trauma, military trauma, abuse, loss, and other overwhelming events. My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed, incorporating EMDR and other evidence-based therapies to help you feel safer, more grounded, and more like yourself again.

Drawing from experience and specialized training as a therapist in a community-based perinatal mental health program, I provide a warm, nonjudgmental space to navigate concerns such as anxiety, depression, birth trauma, identity changes, infertility, relationship challenges, and the transition to parenthood. My goal is to help you feel supported, confident, and connected to yourself as you move through this important chapter.

families, I understand the unique challenges that can come with military life. I take a warm, collaborative, and solution-focused approach to helping clients navigate military trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, relationship concerns, deployments, career stress, and the transition to civilian life. My goal is to help you thrive, overcome barriers, and become the healthiest, most fulfilled version of yourself, both during and beyond your military service.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a highly researched, evidence-based therapy that helps you understand the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Together, we identify unhelpful patterns that may be contributing to anxiety, depression, stress, or low self-esteem and develop practical and approachable strategies to create lasting change. CBT is goal-oriented, collaborative, and focused on helping you build skills you can use both in and outside of therapy.

EMDR is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps you process and heal from traumatic memories that feel “stuck” in the nervous system. I have extensive experience using EMDR with both complex and single-incident trauma, supporting clients with PTSD, anxiety, and grief. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements or tapping) to help the brain reprocess memories, reduce emotional intensity, and help you feel more grounded, present, and less triggered in daily life.

Attachment-based therapy explores how early relationships and childhood experiences shape the way you connect with yourself and others. Understanding your attachment style can help make sense of difficulties with relationships, trust, intimacy, boundaries, self-worth, and emotional regulation. Through a supportive therapeutic relationship, we work to identify recurring patterns, heal relational wounds, and build healthier, more secure ways of relating to others and navigating life's challenges.

Attachment-based therapy explores how early relationships and childhood experiences shape the way you connect with yourself and others. Understanding your attachment style can help make sense of difficulties with relationships, trust, intimacy, boundaries, self-worth, and emotional regulation. Through a supportive therapeutic relationship, we work to identify recurring patterns, heal relational wounds, and build healthier, more secure ways of relating to others and navigating life's challenges.

Attachment-based therapy explores how early relationships and childhood experiences shape the way you connect with yourself and others. Understanding your attachment style can help make sense of difficulties with relationships, trust, intimacy, boundaries, self-worth, and emotional regulation. Through a supportive therapeutic relationship, we work to identify recurring patterns, heal relational wounds, and build healthier, more secure ways of relating to others and navigating life's challenges.