Julie attended Greenfield Community College where she in 1994 graduated with a AA in liberal arts and in 1998 graduated with an ADN in nursing. She has completed certification courses in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in 2008 and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in 2009. She also attended a visiting TMS Fellowship at Duke University in 2011. She is a member of the American Association of Nurses, Vermont State Nurses Association, the Clinical TMS Society and the ECT Coordinators Group. Prior to joining the Mood Disorders Service in 2013, she was affiliated the Brattleboro Retreat between 2005-2013 and ran the ECT Program. Julie has also served as a volunteer with Empathy Cafes from 2010-present.