Locally Owned in Ottawa. Privately Accessible Across Canada
We are a team of senior, highly experienced mental health clinicians uniquely capable of zeroing in on your needs quickly and effectively. In a saturated market, our combined expertise across complex systemic structures means you spend less time explaining your environment, and more time finding relief.
Available in-person in Ottawa, and virtually across multiple* Canadian provinces. (*inquire within)
Systemic Expertise & Specialized Modalities
Advanced Care from Senior Clinicians
Working on the frontlines or navigating large institutional structures requires a specific kind of mental and emotional load. Because our clinicians have extensive, senior-level experience working directly within these complex systemic structures, we understand the unique pressures you face.
We are a trauma-specialized practice. To provide peak performance as helpers, our team is constantly acquiring new training in the ever-evolving field of mental health. Our clinicians hold advanced, specialized training in evidence-based modalities designed to resolve deep-seated stress and operational injuries, including:
- Somatic & Body-Based Approaches: Somatic Experiencing® and Transforming Touch®
- Accelerated & Trauma-Focused Therapies: Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (CPT for PTSD), and Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy
- Relational & Cognitive Frameworks: Psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and more.
Whether you are navigating the rotating shifts of the healthcare system, the high-vigilance demands of a uniformed personnel frontline, seeking virtual somatic care or general mental health support across Canada, we cut through the noise. We skip the lengthy onboarding cycles and focus immediately on nervous system support and targeted, effective regulation.
Julie Clarke
Registered Psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, SE Training Assistant and Beginning / Intermediate / Advanced Level Session Provider, Clinical Supervisor
Founder’s Commitment
Julie’s commitment is deeply rooted in creating a healing space that goes beyond just clinical work—she’s focused on the human aspect of therapy. With 20 years of practice, it’s clear that her approach, centred around ethical practice, mentoring, and somatic psychotherapy, has been proven to be effective in helping people.
Fostering meaningful relationships and prioritizing a safe, empathetic environment creates a foundation of trust and support, which is essential for real healing and growth.
Our Heart-led Values
Homegrown and Local
Julie’s practice has been established and locally owned since 2006, offering a deep understanding of a broad spectrum of regional challenges in the Ottawa and Ottawa Valley regions.
Research-Driven Approach
Encouraging informed decisions and staying current with evidence-based mental health practices.
Not a Business
Julie believes when mental health is approached from a transactional or profit-driven perspective, the core values of care, compassion, and genuine support are lost. You deserve better.
Commitment to Care
Each person’s journey is treated with the respect and attention it deserves. Commodifying mental health risks reducing this vital service to a transaction rather than a meaningful, human-centred process of healing and growth.
Integrative Services
The approach supports personal growth alongside mental health development.
Clinician Self-Care
Clinicians commit to their own personal growth to better support clients.
Effective Mental Health Support Starts with a Solid, Rooted Foundation
Good psychotherapy isn’t improvised or even “influenced”—it’s built on training, experience and ethical practice.
At JCT, this is our approach behind everything we do.
On Instagram, Julie offers grounded, practical content reflecting the true essence of walking the walk in order to talk the talk. Nothing more, nothing less.
Find your therapist
We believe we all should be looking after our mental health - on both the good and the bad days.
At JCT, we work with youth and adults, helping them with a wide range of difficulties, in an informal, dynamic, and collaborative way, bringing clinical experience to support them as the expert in their own life.
We are a warm and diverse group of professionals registered with relevant governing and accrediting bodies like the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, College of Nurses and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, all tasked with helping you feel more yourself.
L-R: Lindsay, Julie, Stephanie, and Evelyn at the Ottawa Paramedic Services Clinician Day on February 28, 2025. Hosted by Peer Supporters from Ottawa Paramedic Services, Ottawa Fire Services, and Ottawa Police Services, with lunch provided by the Ottawa First Responders Foundation.