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 self-acceptance and self-compassion, more authentic, and more confident communicating in their friendships and romantic relationships. 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.”