Julie Stark, LCSW

01/11/2026

01/11/2026

Introducing the creator of The Stark Contrast™

Julie Stark, LCSW, therapist and photographer, offers The Stark Contrast™, a photography-based emotional exploration experience designed for people who feel more than they can explain.

This work isn’t about performance, productivity, or “doing it right.”

It’s about presence.

The Stark Contrast™ uses images as a doorway, allowing emotion, memory, and insight to surface naturally, without force. When words fall short, the image speaks. When insight feels elusive, reflection creates space for it to arrive.

Blending clinical depth with creative intuition, this process helps individuals:

Access emotions that are difficult to name.

Notice patterns without pressure or judgment.

Explore identity, resilience, and meaning through visual language.

Trust what emerges when insight isn’t pushed, but invited.

At its core, The Stark Contrast™ is a reminder:
Some truths don’t arrive through explanation.
They arrive quietly through an image, a pause, a feeling you didn’t expect.

This is therapy-informed creativity.
This is reflection over performance.
This is noticing what your eye is drawn to and listening to what that says about you.

✨ The Stark Contrast™
A layered creation where art meets emotional awareness, and healing doesn’t need to be forced.

01/05/2026

Your nervous system matters more than your willpower.
You can’t force consistency when your body feels overwhelmed or unsafe.

Regulation has to come before motivation.
Sustainable change doesn’t look impressive.

It looks small.
Boring.
Repeatable.

And that’s why it actually works.

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New episode drops January 5, 2026
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12/28/2025

Healing isn’t a performance. It’s a process. And it’s allowed to be gentle.

DM to explore our Mind Spa™ 💫

12/28/2025

12/28/2025

An invitation, not an explanation.

For our one-year celebration, guests will be invited into a self-guided gallery experience where photography and mental health quietly meet.

No instructions.
No pressure.
No right or wrong answers.

Just space to notice, reflect, and respond in your own way.

January 21
ROOT & RISE × LIMITLESS
Integrative Wellness

12/22/2025

In Episode 1 of Licensed 2 Spill, therapists Julie Stark and Kristina Scaglione discuss managing holiday stress, navigating complex family dynamics, and the emotional toll this season takes—even on therapists.

We discuss:
• why holidays can feel overwhelming
• how old patterns resurface around family
• the importance of boundaries for emotional well-being
• what therapists struggle with behind the scenes
• how to prepare before the stress peaks

This conversation is for anyone who feels the weight of expectations during the holidays.

🎧 Episode 1 is live now
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https://open.spotify.com/show/7DMbtYgCyct8wR4gTdwlGx

“I hate the holidays.”
Yeah… we said it.

Episode 1 of Licensed 2 Spill is live, and we’re talking holiday stress, family triggers, boundaries, and why even therapists struggle this time of year.

No sugarcoating.
No pretending.
Just real talk.

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12/18/2025

Meet Julie Stark, LCSW — co-founder of Root & Rise and the creator of a therapy approach that speaks directly to the creatives, the sensitives, the deep feelers, the visionaries.

Julie blends science with creativity: CBT, grounding tools, and evidence-based strategies woven together with art, photography, writing, movement, and expression.
Because sometimes words just aren’t enough — and the creative mind needs more than talk therapy to truly heal.

Her work is for the people who’ve been told they’re “too sensitive” or “too much.”
Julie knows that sensitivity is actually a superpower — especially when it’s channeled with intention, curiosity, and a therapist who truly gets how your mind works.

Her model helps you:

Get grounded and emotionally clear

Break out of judgment and into curiosity

Build psychological flexibility

Reconnect with identity, meaning, and expression

Develop what we call Mental Wealth-Care™

This is therapy for the whole person — mind, creativity, nervous system, and story.

If you’re a creative who’s been holding too much for too long… she’d love to work with you.

In this video, Julie Stark, LCSW — co-founder of Root & Rise Clinical Specialists — explains the therapy model she developed specifically for creatives, sens...