Julie is a U.S.-licensed Psychiatric NP (PMHNP) and Family NP (FNP), and completed a Fellowship in Functional Medicine. In the Netherlands, she works as a non-medical mental health coach. (not a registered BIG provider)
I have over 25 years experience working in healthcare, including licensure across five U.S. states and additional training in functional and integrative medicine. Much of my clinical work has centered on autism and ADHD alongside anxiety, depression, and OCD. I also address the kind of burnout that shows up for patients after years of masking or getting a late diagnosis. My background is the foundation for Discreet Insight.
Through Discreet Insight, I offer one-to-one mental health coaching for neurodivergent people navigating burnout, big transitions, or simply the exhaustion of translating themselves for a world built around neurotypical expectations. It's important to note that in the Netherlands, I practice as a coach rather than a BIG-registered clinician, so this work is non-medical and meant to complement, not replace, any therapy or medical care you already receive. I bring practical, judgment-free support grounded in real clinical experience with how neurodivergent minds actually work.
For clients who've done the coaching groundwork and are curious to go further, I also offer an optional, separately-booked psilocybin session — legal in the Netherlands and only available after screening, never as a starting point. Whether someone is working through the "shoulds" of daily life or considering that next step, my approach stays the same: steady, honest, and shaped around the client rather than a one-size-fits-all program.
I coach people whose brains don't run on neurotypical settings. My background is in psychiatric care and in coaching neurodivergent people, and I use a solution focused approach-using practical appraoches to challenges you're experiencing today.
Most people who come to me have spent years being told to try harder. That's not what happens here. We start from how your mind actually works and build from there. We build the plan together, around your goals. Just steady, practical sessions and someone who takes the way you think and feel seriously.
Discreet Insight (Amsterdam, NL) — Founder / Mental Health Coach
Coaching and unmasking retreats for late-identified autistic and AuDHD adults, mostly women: unmasking, sensory and energy strategies, and making sense of a late diagnosis. Runs all operations.
ZenDen Psychiatry (Salem, Oregon) — CEO / FNP, PMHNP
Leads an Oregon psychiatry practice. Adult psychiatric care and medication management; payer credentialing, protocols, billing.
Capstone Mental Health (Mesa, Arizona) — CEO / PMHNP
Diagnoses and treats autism and ADHD in adults, with RAADS-R and CAT-Q screening and full clinical interviews. Ongoing psychiatric care for autistic and AuDHD adults, including co-occurring anxiety, depression, and trauma. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Built free online autism self-screeners. Runs hiring, billing, compliance.
Blissful Mental Health — CEO / Provider (FNP, PMHNP-BC)
Owned a practice; psychiatric evaluation and medication management, plus operations.
Family Comfort Hospice — Family Nurse Practitioner
Hospice and palliative symptom management and family support.
Mobile Valley Physicians — Family Nurse Practitioner
Primary care for adults, including patients unable to reach a clinic.
Amedisys — Psychiatric Nurse
Home-based psychiatric nursing for adults with serious mental illness.
Arizona Heart Institute / Banner Health — Registered Nurse
Cardiac and acute-care nursing.
Functional Medicine Fellowship — Psychiatry Redefined
Advanced training in root-cause, integrative approaches to psychiatric care, addressing biological, nutritional, and lifestyle contributors to mental health alongside conventional treatment.
Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) — University of St. Francis, 2018
Joliette Illinois US
CCNE-accredited program preparing advanced practice nurses to assess, diagnose, and treat patients across the lifespan with complex psychiatric and behavioral health needs.
M.S. in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) — University of Phoenix, 2017
Phoenix, AZ US
Graduate nursing training in primary care across the lifespan, forming the foundation for Julie's dual-certified, whole-person approach to both physical and mental health.
B.A./B.S., Psychology — Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois US
Undergraduate foundation in psychology, completed before Julie transitioned into nursing and clinical mental health work.
ADN Registered Nurse— Mesa Community College