Hello, I’m Giulia (she/her)
I’ve always been drawn to the emotional, relational, and existential layers of being human. From a young age, I found myself asking big questions, feeling things deeply, and searching for meaning beneath the surface of things. Over time, that curiosity evolved into a sincere passion for healing work and a deep respect for the complexity of human experience.
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I’m someone guided by reverence for the natural world, the wisdom of the body, and the belief that healing happens through relationship—with ourselves, with one another, and with the environments we move through. My own healing journey led me toward therapy, where I came to understand healing not as a linear process or something to “fix,” but as something deeply relational, embodied, and shaped by connection.
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I immigrated to the U.S. from a small town near the Italian Alps at sixteen—an experience that deeply shaped my understanding of identity, belonging, transition, and what it means to search for home within ourselves and in relationship with others. My lived experiences, including my experience as a queer Italian immigrant living in a white, currently able body, continue to inform the way I approach relationships, healing, and care.
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Alongside my academic training in psychology and clinical psychology, I spent time in India and Nepal studying yoga, meditation, and contemplative traditions that continue to influence both my personal life and professional work. These experiences deepened my understanding of embodiment, nervous system healing, and the importance of slowing down enough to truly listen.
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Much of my work is rooted in the belief that many of the struggles we carry are not personal failures, but adaptive responses to trauma, disconnection, overwhelm, and the conditions of modern life. I’m especially drawn to approaches that honor complexity, move beyond pathologizing, and support people in reconnecting with themselves, their relationships, and the living world around them.
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I strive to offer a therapeutic space grounded in warmth, curiosity, collaboration, and deep respect for the wisdom each person already carries. Therapy, for me, is not about perfection or quick fixes, but about creating enough safety to move at the pace of trust.
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Education & Experience
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California and Texas
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M.S. in Clinical Psychology, San Francisco State University
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B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, The University of Minnesota, Morris
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500 hours Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500)
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Ready to Dive in?
I offer a free 20-minute consultation to all clients so you can ask questions, learn more about my approach, and feel out whether we are a good fit.
Land Acknowledgment
I live and work on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ohlone people, specifically the Lisjan Ohlone, in what is now known as the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. For thousands of years, the Lisjan Ohlone have tended to this land with reciprocity, care, and deep relational wisdom. I honor their ongoing stewardship, resistance, and resilience, as well as that of all Indigenous communities whose connection to land, culture, and ceremony endures despite centuries of displacement, violence, and erasure. ​ As a white settler and immigrant, I recognize that my ability to live, work, and build a livelihood here is tied to colonial structures and the ongoing occupation of this land. I am committed to a lifelong practice of learning, unlearning, and reparative action. As part of that commitment, I contribute a portion of my earnings to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a Lisjan-led urban Indigenous women’s organization working to rematriate land and restore Indigenous land care practices in the Bay Area. ​​ I believe that individual and collective healing must include reconnection with land—and that this reconnection must begin with acknowledging the land’s original stewards and reckoning with the histories we inherit. ​ To learn more or pay the Shuumi Land Tax, I invite you to visit sogoreate-landtrust.org​ ​ ​ ​