Love Like Julia
The Julia Effect
is a trauma-informed, neuroscience-grounded training program designed to empower individuals, families, educators, and youth-serving professionals with the tools to understand emotional patterns, build resilience, and foster safe, connected environments.
Our work honors the legacy of Julia — a grandmother whose presence embodied safety, belonging, and unconditional regard. The principles that shaped her care now shape our framework.
We do not provide therapy.
We provide education, skills, and evidence-aligned support tools.
Our Mission
To help people understand the why beneath their emotional responses, behaviors, and patterns — and to give them actionable, accessible tools for regulation, connection, and self-leadership.
We teach individuals and systems how trauma shapes the brain and how healing habits reshape it.
This work is built on five core emotional needs:
Meet The Trainer
Kristina Richie is the creator of The Julia Effect, and founder of The Julia Academy of Somatic and Emotional Arts (JASEA). She is a trauma-informed educator, author of five books, and speaker with specialized training in Trauma-Informed Care, Adoption Trauma, and Helping Children Heal from Past Trauma and Loss.
Kristina holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Liberty University and has spent more than a decade working with foster youth, adoptive families, single mothers, and survivors of complex trauma. She has provided training for educators, caregivers, and professionals across multiple states, helping them integrate emotional awareness and trauma-responsive practices into their daily work.
Her teaching style blends narrative psychology, attachment theory, and somatic insight into an accessible framework that helps people understand their emotional patterns in a clear, compassionate and practical way.
What We Offer
Our trainings are designed to support continuing professional education needs and may be submitted for clock-hour documentation with appropriate agencies
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The Julia Effect - Introduction to Emotional Arts
A 2-Day Emotional Arts Intensive
Trauma-Informed Consulting for Agencies & Schools
Classroom management, support services, and how to gain Insite to the demographic you serve without using invasive techniques or reenacting trauma.
Certification Pathways (Coming Soon)
Trauma Translator I
Trauma Translator II
Somatic Storyteller
Master Somatic Storyteller
Trauma-Informed Parenting & Caregiver Support
Repairenting Plans Tailored to the specific needs of the child and family unit.
“Letters From Julia”
A reflective writing resource that uses your personal preferences — colors, music, stories, sensory anchors — to help illuminate emotional needs and offer grounding, supportive reflection.
This tool is not therapeutic; it is designed for self-awareness and personal insight.
