Personal Profile
JulieValliere, LCSWR
Julie comes to JCG with a broad range of clinical and administrative experiences working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings for over 40 years. Beginning her career at a mental health residential treatment center, Julie was exposed to Adventure Based Counseling. This engendered a life-long joy in facilitating groups to expand their communication and trust, to challenge individual and group thinking and push members towards new problem-solving and growth.
Continued clinical work included progressive levels of responsibility in both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings. For the past 10 years, she has been the Director of an outpatient mental health clinic in the Hudson Valley, developing and overseeing the program and its expansion, supervising clinicians, facilitating team meetings, providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families and groups. Personal group work has also included teaching snow skiing and leading cycling tours with American Youth Hostels.
Julie has a B.S. in Psychology from Western Michigan University and an MSW from Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas and is licensed (LCSWR) in the state of New York.
About JCG
JCG offers leadership development, team building experiences as well as growth and empowerment retreats for small groups. Bring yourself and your team to your highest level through self-exploration, identification of strengths and obstacles and setting achievable goals. JCG excels at creating a safe, shared space to connect, to explore, to experience community, by facilitating that creative process and growth that each participant desires for themselves and the group they may be part of. Make your future vision become a reality through the empowering experiences we facilitate.
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Jennifer Rush
Jennifer has worked in the Non Profit sector for the last 35 years in leadership roles that span the continuum of health care from community based settings to in patient services. Jennifer is a data driven professional with experience in strategic planning, program development, operations, risk reduction, employee and client satisfaction initiatives, conflict resolution and team building. With over 25 years in executive leadership roles, Jennifer's experience in assessing teams and their effectiveness enables her to work with individuals and groups to achieve greater potential. Jennifer has mentored countless professionals and teams in their pursuit of both personal and professional growth.
Jennifer has a B.A. from Barnard College and a Master in HealthCare Administration (MHA) from Seton Hall University.