Meet Julie Osborn, LCSW, Psy.D | Licensed Clinical Social Worker

We had the good fortune of connecting with Julie Osborn, LCSW, Psy.D and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Julie, what principle do you value most?
The most important value in my career as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker are my ethics. My ethics working with clients is something that is always in the forefront of my mind with each individual client. This is because when someone reaches out for help they are in a very vulnerable position and trusting someone they don’t even know that they may share things about their life they have never told anyone before. Being ethical is all about respecting my clients rights, keeping everything confidential and in a sacred space between myself and them. It is a way to guide me to do what is best for them. I learned as a social worker to respect the inherent dignity and worth of a person and to treat them in a caring and respectful way, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity and I promote my clients socially responsible self-determination. There are 5 codes that I follow which are integrity, objectivity, professional competence, confidentiality and professional behavior. My code of ethics allows me to be the therapist I want to be for those that reach out for help.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I have a private practice in Irvine, CA. I have been in private practice since 2000, and full time since 2007. I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I am a true CBT therapist. What I mean by that is that I do specialize in it. Many clients have come to me after they tried other therapist who say they practice CBT but really don’t. I also started a CBT podcast in March called MyCBTpodcast. I wanted to be able to reach more people with the great tools of CBT, especially those who may not be in a position to get professional help. So far so good, I have had over 7,000 downloads and a lot of people sharing their appreciation for the podcasts. I have even gotten some clients from other states I have started therapy with. Really how I achieved my success is living and learning. I didn’t have a mentor regarding building a business, I have learned along the way and realized marketing was very important and having a niche. I would like the world to know that I followed my passion and my success followed because I had good intentions in wanting to help others and everything else followed. Having a specialty is very important in my field and I always share that with new therapists. I believe in CBT and teaching my clients to be their own therapists.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I met Dr. Dennis Greenberger in 1987 when I started working at UCI and had to take over the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group. Becoming a CBT therapist has changed who I am and my career. Dr. Greenberger was very patient and kind as I learned from him and is still someone I know I can reach out to for support. His workbook, Mind Over Mood is my go to book and what I use with all of my clients. He wrote it with Dr. Christine Padesky. I will be forever grateful that I met Dr. Greenberger.

Website: www.mycognitivebehavioraltherapy.com
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