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Julie Meade Psychology offers online and in-person individual therapy in Ohio and Kentucky for college students and young professionals.

Together, we can address your feelings of overwhelm, burnout, and perfectionism, so you can reignite your passion for school or your career.

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Starting college or a new career can be overwhelming. You’ve made a big life change, and everything feels difficult and unfamiliar.

  • Maybe high school used to feel easy. You used to be able to balance spending time with your friends, going to school, and your extracurricular activities, while feeling successful.

  • Coming to college has been a new kind of experience. You not only have to balance your schedule but discover brand new friendships, stay connected with your old friends, find your passion, and think about a career. . . and manage a full courseload on top of it all!

  • You are sorting through your hopes for your future and stressed about making the choices that are right for you. Getting through your classes takes more effort than before. Maybe you’re throwing yourself into socializing and avoiding school, or maybe it’s the opposite. You are “all in” with your academics but feel disconnected from peers.

  • You want to strike the right balance but find yourself really struggling with college life.

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Maybe you are starting or transitioning into your career and are trying to understand how working fits into your life. You feel overwhelmed by all the demands on your time and energy.

  • You’ve always been busy, but the day-to-day grind of working full-time is wearing on you. It was easy to develop new friendships in high school and college, but now that you are in the work world, it feels like all of the friends are already taken. You’re feeling disconnected and lonely.

  • You want to progress in your career but are finding the intense demands of your work are overwhelming. The work you previously or expected to find valuable and meaningful is feeling frustrating and draining. You want to feel passionate about your job, but are sometimes feeling a sense of dread when you think about going to work.

  • Maybe you’re are midway through your career and are still not sure if working is working for you! You thought you would eventually find your passion, but you are feeling burned out and like your responsibilities are not letting you have the life you want to live.

  • Finding the right balance feels impossible.

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  • I know you want a balanced life — one where you have time with friends and family, a thriving career or academic life, and even time for your own self-care.

  • You want to achieve that balance without feeling burnt out or paralyzed by perfectionism.

  • You want each of your activities to feel value-driven, not just a checklist of must-dos.

  • Right now, all those things might feel impossible, but I can help you cultivate that balance in your life.

I spent several years of my career working in university settings helping college students improve their mental health. And I personally understand what it is like to be a college student, a new professional, and a working parent.

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Through online and in-person therapy for college students and young professionals:

  • We’ll help you identify who you are and what matters to you, so your values can guide your decisions.

  • We’ll work to better understand how your past experiences, relationships, and identity impact who you are and your behaviors. You get to decide if these patterns make sense for you or if you’d like to change them.

  • We’ll interrupt the cycles of perfectionism that get in the way of enjoying your educational or career journey. Together, we’ll explore these cycles to help loosen their connections and give you a greater sense of freedom from your thought patterns.

  • We’ll help you be more present and mindful, so you can focus on the moment at hand without being caught up in feelings of overwhelm, overthinking, and overplanning.

  • We’ll identify what’s most important to you, so you can spend your time on things that matter to you — and decrease the time spent on areas not adding value to your life.