Summary
Julia Ilecki is a Chicago-based child and adolescent therapist with eight years of clinical mental health experience. She works from a warm, collaborative psychodynamic framework, integrating evidence-based modalities in a client-centered, trauma-informed approach. Her interests include trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, boundaries, and play therapy, with a focus on culturally sensitive care for Polish-speaking families. Fluent in Polish and committed to immigrant communities, she strives to create safe, inclusive spaces for diverse identities. Her background includes leading LGBTQ+ support groups and working with housing-insecure clients during internships, and she has contributed to academic research and inclusion initiatives at UIUC. She is currently a Child and Adolescent Therapist at Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center in Chicago.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BSLAS, PSYCHOLOGY, BSLAS, PSYCHOLOGY at Loyola University Chicago
Lincoln Park High School
Master of Arts - MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Master of Arts - MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The Graduate School at Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Clinical Psychology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Clinical Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Polish, English