A training and certification program using proven therapeutic frameworks for professionals who want to meet the "whole person" needs of their clients.
Bookends Therapy®, breaks through the diagnosis and recognizes the whole person.
A whole-person approach acknowledges that mental health is not separate from our relationships, environment, identity, or experiences. It is shaped by all of it!
Bookends Therapy® trainings...
- Prioritize relationships and rapport - avoiding assumptions
- Center what matters most to those they support
- Build on strengths while navigating challenges
- Focus on sustainable, real-life change
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
What do
we mean by
“Whole- Person”
Approach?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bookends Therapy® Certified Professionals Are Able to...
Identify Client Needs
Engage Teams in Supporting Clinical Skills Necessary for Positive Outcomes
Build Lasting, Trusting Relationships