Julia Costabilo is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™, licensed staff therapist and Eating Disorders Team Lead at Chicago DBT Institute. She earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Julia completed her predoctoral internship at the North Chicago Veterans Administration Medical Center, working with veterans on the posttraumatic stress disorders unit, providing medical consult-liaison assessments, individual therapy, running inpatient and outpatient therapy groups, and performing neuropsychological assessments.

Julia received skills and foundational training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) through Behavior Behavioral Tech and at the University of Chicago Hospital’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Partial Hospitalization Program. She has also received focused training on DBT for the treatment of Eating Disorders with Dr. Anita Federici and has received both Level 1 and 2 Certificates in DBT for Eating Disorders.

Julia provides treatment to pre-adolescents through adults and has provided parent training, social skills training, graduate group skills training, and couples therapy as well as specialized treatment for individuals with eating disorders.

Julia discovered the practice of mindfulness through yoga and is an E-RYT (Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher). When not spending time with her husband, two children, and her beloved dog, you will probably find her on her yoga mat. She believes that everyone is capable of living the life they want through the daily application of observation, acceptance, kindness, and the desire to make a change.