Julia Cost
Pastoral counselor, MA of Counseling
Julia Cost has over 30 years of experience as a professional counselor. Her past areas of focus include trauma, PTSD treatment/education, counseling adults, couples, and adolescents in relational conflicts and life transitions. She has worked in clinical settings, community Christian counseling programs, residential treatment centers, and in full-time church ministry. She considers it a privilege to share in the lives of her clients as they learn to rely on God as their rock. Julia continues to experience God’s power in her own life as she walks through widowhood, being a single parent to two amazing young men, and caring for elderly parents in the shadow of Alzheimer’s disease. Julia grew up in Indiana and now resides in Indianapolis.
Personal,
Educational,
and Professional Experience
BS in Education from Butler University
Director of Education and Youth Ministry, Ft King Presbyterian Church, Ocala, FL
Co-director, Montreat National Youth Conferences, Montreat, NC
Received MS in Counseling from Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington, IN
Transitional Living Counselor, Pleasant Run Children’s Home
Director, Police Advocacy Support Services (P.A.S.S.) Nashville, Davidson County Police Dept, Nashville, TN
Intensive In Home Therapist, BJC Behavioral Health, St Louis, MO
Supported spouse in full time pastoral ministry, Riverview Presbyterian Church, Charleston, WV
Behavioral Health Intake Specialist, Mercy Hospital, St Louis, MO