Meet Juliet West

When I was a young girl growing up in Jamaica, one of my favorite pastimes was sitting in my little brown chair, listening to my friends share about their lives and concerns. I was deeply intrigued and always enjoyed helping them resolve their issues (although I didn't have it all together myself!). Fast forward a few decades later...I discovered my passion for counseling as I continued to notice that I loved spending time with people, listening to their stories, facilitating their self-awareness, and being a catalyst for change and healing in their lives.

I became a follower of Jesus Christ at the age of eleven, and for a large part of my adult life, I struggled with negative feelings and behaviors that kept tripping me up. I wasn't able to "make my Christian life work." It wasn't until I was able to understand God's grace, learn who I was in Him, get to the root of my hurts, and experience His healing, that I was able to live in vibrant, yet intimate closeness with Him.

As a result of my own personal journey, I am committed, as a Christian therapist to helping you find your freedom, healing and wholeness in Christ and showing you that it is possible to experience the full, rich life that He died to give you.
 

 Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Language, Literature & Social Sciences - The University of the West Indies, Jamaica 
• Master of Science in Social Sciences  - The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
• Master of Science in Social Work - The University of Texas at Austin 

 Licensing, Certifications and Trainings

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Social Worker
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMDR Therapy Trained
• Gottman Therapy Trained

 Professional Affiliations

• Phi Alpha Honor Society
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
• Christian Counselors of Texas (CCT)
• Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA)

 Awards

• Awarded the Child Welfare Education Scholarship
• Dean's Ambassador for the University of Texas School of Social Work

"Comparison is the thief of joy." 

-- Unknown

"...you will always harvest what you plant."

-- Galations 6:7

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." 

-- Oscar Wilde

"Let all that you do be done in LOVE." 

-- 1 Corinthians 13:14
 

"A diamond is a piece of carbon that handled stress exceptionally well."

-- Unknown