Admissions and Outreach Team

Admissions Team

Our admissions team is a group of professionals that enthusiastically advocate for families.

We want to spread the word of our work because we know how important it is to find the right therapeutic fit for families. Our admissions and outreach teams are led by licensed professionals who understand the clinical complexities of families’ needs and the struggle to find the right care. We are here to make things easier. Whether you are a parent looking for answers or professionals looking for a referral resource we are here to help and happy to do so.

Lydia Bishop, LCSW

Executive Director

Morgan Malech

Director of Admissions

Mariah Bowen

Hiring Manager

We can answer questions, accept referrals, and explore collaboration.

Julia Albrecht, MA, NBC-HWC

Julia Albrecht (she/her) is an Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coach with focuses in supporting neurodivergent folks, highly spirited young people, dynamic family systems, resilience, disconnection and relational repair. Her style is a culmination of modern therapeutic and behavioral techniques weaved together with threads of nervous system regulation, earth-based care, and a body-based trauma approach that incorporates multiple levels of the human experience. Julia’s spaces are a sanctuary for self-generation, growth, and a place to hear and be heard. As a multi-disciplinary practitioner, she offers a colorful range of sturdy tools to clear the path forward when life gets stretchy. Julia’s greatest intention is to strengthen safety, connection, and acceptance within the internal and external family landscape.

Outside of session you’ll find Julia spending time with horses, making short films with her old
style camcorder, or barefoot in the park or at the beach looking for little treasures. She’s
currently learning how to quilt and write.

Julia’s background includes a Bachelor’s in Science from Hamline University in Biology, a
Masters Degree in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching and Lifestyle Medicine from the
University of Minnesota, and Somatic education and mentorship experience with Veronica
Rottman. For 10 years, Julia worked with young people in Wilderness Survival Instruction and
Horsemanship then went on to start her own program in Wilderness Guiding with young adults in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota. She has both
Wilderness First Aid Training and is a registered Wilderness First Responder. Julia has spent
quite some time studying yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, meditation, mind-body healing, reiki, herbalism, movement therapies and nutrition. She has spent an equal amount of time in the traditional medical systems working in hospice, sexual health, mental health, and clinical research spaces. Julia loves cooking and nourishment, she’s got a Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University and extra training from the Harvard School of Public Health’s Healthy Kitchen’s Healthy Lives program. Wherever families or young folks are in their process, Julia walks alongside providing sturdy support and holding space for all the nuance that comes along with being human.

Admissions Team

Our admissions team is a group of professionals that enthusiastically advocate for families.

Lydia Bishop, LCSW

Executive Director

Morgan Malech

Director of Admissions

Mariah Bowen

Hiring Manager

We can answer questions, accept referrals, and explore collaboration.

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Lydia Bishop, LCSW

Morgan Malech

Mariah Bowen

Julia Albrecht, MA, NBC-HWC