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A training and certification program using proven therapeutic frameworks for professionals who want to meet the "whole person" needs of their clients.

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How does it work?

  • Center the “Whole Person”
  • Reset team culture
  • Mend communication gaps
  • Build stronger relationships

Who is it for?

  • Clinicians
  • Human Services Professionals
  • Health Care Professionals
  • Educators
  • Caregivers
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Bookends Therapy®, highlights that people are more than a diagnosis, a moment, or a challenge—they are whole.

A whole-person approach means we take the time to understand the people we support in the context of every aspect that makes them who they are. Our mental health is not separate from our relationships, environment, identity, or experiences—it’s shaped by all of it, as is our path in leading through our next chapter.

Bookends Therapy® trainings, guide our certified professionals to ...

  • Prioritize relationships and rapport, recognizing and avoiding assumptions
  • Center what matters most to those they support
  • Build on strengths while navigating challenges
  • Focus on sustainable, real-life change, ensuring those they support are seen and heard

Whole-person care is about connection within yourself, with those you support, within partnerships, and with shared vision — connecting the dots together.

What do
we mean by
“Whole- Person”
Approach?

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Her energy, enthusiasm and encouragement of others was infectious.
When I met Julie, I met someone who was starting a project and working hard chasing a dream. Julie believed that we could use our current service delivery models to support folks in a new, person-centered, whole-person approach and that could only be done collaboratively. Julie encouraged others to believe in this collaboration and so we did. I have seen people’s lives change in the ways they had been working towards for years, after engaging in the Bookends Therapy™ model that Julie supports folks within. I have been a part of many teams who have relied on the supports of Julie’s consultation to be able to move forward. Julie’s ability to organize and deliver trainings in a way that every person in the room can understand, is appreciated by many. I am grateful to have met Julie early on in my career.
- Samantha Martin, CBIS, External Service Coordination Project Manager, ABD Support Group Facilitator
I enjoyed it and learned a lot.
I've worked with Julie. She did a training on the continuum of collaborative care model. I have implemented the clinically-informed case management with my former team and hope to in the future with my new team.
- Kelly Ehrhart, Disability Justice Advocate
Having worked under Julie Lago for a number of years, I can attest her professional wealth is equal parts ingenuity and passion.
Her appetite for stronger, better services is unmet and never-quenched, and her wealth of knowledge is a direct reflection. I have found the bookends model especially beneficial, which caters to a person-centered, all-hands on deck approach. This practice offers transparency and autonomy among teams, while ensuring the individual is steering the ship; with supports and clinician alike fine-tuning the sails. Julie’s trainings, supervision, and consultation have offered great benefit to me over the last 5 years, and has helped to craft the clinician I am today.
- Jesse Burdwood, LICSW
I am without a doubt the social worker I am today because of my time working with Julie and would work with her again in a heartbeat when given the chance.
I had the distinct privilege of being supervised by Julie as I worked on obtaining my LICSW. Julie was just incredible providing support, guidance as we worked through the complex clinical and ethical issues I faced during those years. She was flexible with me when I needed grace, and helped hold me accountable for growing my skills as a social worker.
- Jodi Harper, MSW, LICSW
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Bookends Therapy® Certified Professionals Are Able to...

Identify Client Needs

Engage Teams in Supporting Clinical Skills Necessary for Positive Outcomes

Build Lasting, Trusting Relationships

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