Julia Hitch, Ph.D.
Dr. Hitch enjoys working with children, adolescents, families, and adults and takes a collaborative, evidenced-based approach in her work with clients. She primarily treats children and adolescents with a variety of concerns including behavior problems, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. She also loves working with parents and providing behaviorally-based coaching to help them address concerns they have about their children's behavior.
Dr. Hitch earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington, where she specialized in the research, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent behavior problems. During her time at the University of Washington, she had extensive training and experience in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and behavioral interventions for children. She was a therapist in the University of Washington's Parenting Clinic for the Incredible Years Child Program and has also led multiple groups for parents of children and adolescents with behavior problems. Dr. Hitch was also a therapist at Seattle Children's Hospital in the Eating Disorders Program and for a clinical trial of CBT for adolescent depression. Additionally, she has been trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for adolescents and adults and led groups and treated individual clients as part of Dr. Marsha Linehan's clinical team. Dr. Hitch completed her clinical internship at UCLA where she served as a therapist in the young child partial hospitalization program, the adolescent inpatient and partial hospitalization programs, and the adolescent eating disorders program. She was also a therapist in the UCLA Parent Training program where she worked with parents individually and in groups. Dr. Hitch has been involved in federally funded research studies aimed at the investigation, prevention, and intervention of childhood conduct problems and has published journal articles in this area. She is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the American Psychological Association (APA).