About

Julia Taylor is a licensed clinical social worker who joined the department of psychiatry as a clinical instructor in 2025.  In her role as Psychoeducational Consultant with the Child and Family Guidance Program and Multidisciplinary Child Psychiatry Collaborative, Ms. Taylor works in conjunction with the child’s multidisciplinary treatment team and partners with the child, their families, and the child’s school. In this role, Ms. Taylor advocates for the child in their educational setting, collaborating with teachers and other education partners to ensure that the child is supported across their diverse needs. As a psychotherapist with UNC Faculty Practice, Ms. Taylor provides individual therapy to school-aged children, adolescents, and adults, using play and talk-based interventions that draw on relational psychodynamic, attachment, and trauma-informed theories. Ms. Taylor’s approach is informed by her experience working across diverse clinical settings including school-based and community mental health, child and adolescent inpatient, and outpatient practice. Ms. Taylor is honored to partner with children and adults as they navigate challenges associated with anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, sense of self and identity, interpersonal relationships, grief, and fraught life transitions.