Julia Ziesmer

Julia Ziesmer is a bilingual Licensed Professional Counselor at The Empowerment Group, seeing clients in person in Phoenix and virtually across Arizona. She offers therapy in both English and German, and works with young adults, adults, and older adults who are ready to understand the roots of what they carry. Her particular focus is intergenerational trauma — the patterns, beliefs, and emotional weight that get passed down through families and generations.

Julia helps clients trace how intergenerational and childhood trauma have shaped their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions, then works alongside them to loosen that inheritance — so they can build the life they actually want rather than the one their history scripted for them. She also supports adults navigating anxiety, attachment wounds, and PTSD.

Her style is exploratory and reflective, drawing on EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), psychodynamic and client-centered approaches, and consistently trauma-informed care. She meets each client where they are, making room for the slow, honest work of coming to know oneself.

Julia earned her Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northern Arizona University in 2023. She is EMDR-trained and is currently pursuing further certification in trauma and ADHD.