Julie Gowthorpe, Ph.D.is a leading trauma and relationship expert, therapist, author, speaker, and media contributor with more than 25 years of clinical experience. With a PhD from the University of Toronto, she developed Self-Nurturing Therapy (SNT), an approach designed to help people break patterns rooted in childhood adversity and build healthier, more secure relationships. With healing, we change what happens next in our relationships, at home, with friends and in workplaces.
Dr. Gowthorpe is a trusted voice on trauma, attachment, relationships, and emotional resilience. Her newest book, Heal Childhood Trauma: The Self-Nurturing Therapy Approach to Better Adult Relationships, brings her clinical work to a wider audience with practical tools for understanding the past, changing entrenched patterns, and creating more connected relationships.
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