Julia Ilecki
Child And Adolescent Therapist at Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJulia Ilecki is a child and adolescent therapist with eight years of hands-on experience delivering trauma-informed, psychodynamically informed care across clinical, residential, and community settings in Chicago. She blends evidence-based interventions (CBT, DBT, play therapy) with an integrative, collaborative style that emphasizes empathy, humor, and cultural humility—particularly for immigrant and Polish-speaking families as a second-generation Polish American. Her background includes leading LGBTQ+ support groups, working with unhoused populations, and co-facilitating social skills groups for children, demonstrating versatility across ages and levels of need. Julia pairs clinical training from Northwestern with applied research and advocacy experience from UIUC, bringing a data-informed lens to program and group work. She prioritizes creating safe, nonjudgmental spaces that honor intersecting identities and aims to empower clients toward lasting, meaningful change.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BSLAS, PSYCHOLOGY, BSLAS, PSYCHOLOGY at Loyola University ChicagoMaster of Arts - MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Master of Arts - MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The Graduate School at Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Clinical Psychology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Clinical Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignLincoln Park High School
Polish, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tingxiao/Pupil-Dilation-Tracking
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:29 commits, 28 pushes in 6 months
j-adamski/Pupil-Dilation-Tracking-GUI
Sep 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:38 pushes, 3 branches, 2 issues in 1 year 6 months
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