Education & Training
Advanced Trainings (selected)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1 & 2)
Sexuality & Attachment: Essential to a couple’s relationship and client wellbeing with Laurie Watson, LCSW
Trauma-Informed MindBody Centering Yoga (YTT-200)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Duke Academic Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Specialized rotations in (1) Stress, Trauma, and PTSD and (2) peri- and postpartum mental health
Training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) , Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and other mindfulness-based psychotherapies
Doctorate of Clinical Psychology, Baylor University
Clinical experience with Veteran’s Affairs, college student mental health, and community psychology
Research in mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions for stress, trauma, and substance use
Justine Grosso, PsyD
Dr. Justine Grosso is a Licensed Psychologist, media contributor, and wellness speaker. She offers trauma-informed therapy for women and mothers ready to heal people-pleasing, set boundaries, reconnect with their authentic selves, and develop healthy intimate relationships. Most of her clients have experienced developmental trauma, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, or left unhealthy relationships and struggle with a sense of unworthiness, fear of judgment/social anxiety.
After their work together, Justine’s clients report feeling more confident setting boundaries, being authentic and communicating in their friendships and romantic relationships, and more empowered to speak up and advocate for themselves at work. They are less controlled by habitual “freeze” and “fawn” responses and feel more aliveness, playfulness, and meaning in their lives.
Dr. Grosso received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Baylor University and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Duke Academic Medical Center, specializing in trauma and women’s health. You can find out more her media and community outreach here.
Therapy Style
“My therapeutic style is warm, direct, and research-based. I am a trauma-informed therapist, which means that it will be helpful to understand any adverse and traumatic in your life history and life context in order to make sense of current symptoms. This also means that I highly value you having a sense of control and choice about your therapy and our therapeutic relationship.
I integrate somatic (body-based) modalities (i.e., Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, trauma-informed yoga), psychodynamic, attachment, and “parts work” theories, mindfulness-based approaches (i.e., Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindful Self-Compassion), and Brene Brown’s Shame Resilience Theory.