Hi!

My name is Julia. I’m an Autistic, Bisexual psychotherapist (MA) based in Ottawa, Ontario. I have a background in psychology and sociology. And I have a lot to say! Mostly about mental health and modern, Western culture. I created this website so I could write freely about topics that are interesting and important to me. I wanted a way to reach people and to give people a way to reach me. So, check out my most recent posts! Check out my book summaries! And if the urge hits ya, send me an email! I’m not currently taking on clients.

Some Disclosures:

  • I try to include confriming sources in my posts, but any opinions I share here are entirely my own.

  • I acknowledge my privledge and bias: I am an autistic, bisexual, white, cis woman living in Canada. I have many opportunites to explore and rights to protect me. I also have many biases that I am continually challenging and learning about.

  • I acknowledge the Indigenous Algonquin Land that I live on and benfit from, that was given to me by predesessors who took it and systems which abuse it and restrict the rights, freedoms and care of those that originally belonged to it.

Here are my most recent posts:

A Diary Entry on Grief: Transformation in Suffering and the Power of Acceptance

Before it happened to me, the big grief, the important loss, I was so scared of it. I couldn’t fathom how life just goes on. But it does, it goes on. Because these things, time and life, are bigger than me and my feelings.

Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price

With empathy and care Price describes his own experience in burnout, and his own work noticing these flaws in his thinking and behaviour, and of digging these beliefs up and questioning them.

Gatekeeping: Autistic Identity and Diagnosis

Is it possible to create space in our culture where ‘autism’ doesn’t always mean ‘diagnosis’ but often just means ‘personal experience’? I think yes. In fact, I think that there are innumerable benefits (societally and for mental health) for working on a more autonomous approach to language in general.

  • I am a huge dog lover

  • I’m a chocolate snob

  • I am an avid reader (fantasy, poetry, psychology and sociology — my favorite authors are Holly Black, Andrea Gibson, Devon Price,

    and Naomi Klien respectively)

  • I’m a fantasy geek

  • I’m a Dungeons and Dragons player, and I’m learning to be a Dugeon Master

  • I am spiritually minded

  • I am the oldest sibling of four (we were all born within six years)

  • I grew up in rural Ontario (my home town had a population of less then 70 people)

  • I was a competitve dancer growing up (in, like, every genre including tap)

  • I do art in my free time (I taught myself to sketch using youtube videos during Covid)

  • I try to travel to a new country every year

  • I’ve been doing Yoga regularly since 2020

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