Julian Ernst, MSW, LICSW
(they/them/theirs)
About Me
I found my role as a therapist through community organizing and providing full-time childcare for queer and multicultural families. I appreciate the breadth and flexibility of contemporary psychoanalytic theory, which challenges the ways in which Western psychology has pathologized some of the most creative and generative aspects of human experience and culture. I also teach aspects of behavioral therapy where these provide helpful structure for clients.
I have experience working with clients of various cultural backgrounds and consider the current and historical impacts of racism, colonization, and migration in working with all of my clients. I also appreciate finding ways of connecting clients’ presenting issues with each their unique systems for making meaning of a chaotic world, whether through organized religion, intuitive spirituality, or secular beliefs and values. I specialize in working with queer, trans, and gender nonconforming adults and adolescents.
Clinical Experience
Private Practice, 2021 - present
Northside Center for Emotional Wellness, North Minneapolis, 2019 - 2022
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Fellowship, 2017 - 2019
Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Outpatient Psychiatry & Integrated Primary Care, 2016 - 2017
Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Healthy Aging Program, 2015 - 2016
Ethos, Jamaica Plain, MA
Teaching
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Race, Culture, Gender & Sexuality / Case Consultation
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, MN Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (MPSI), Spring 2022 - Spring 2025
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program at the Minnesota Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (MICPP), Spring 2025
Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
MN Psychodynamic Clinical Social Work Association, March 2021
Education
Master of Social Work, Simmons University, 2017
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, 2007
Additional Education/Training
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research Team Volunteer, 2020 - present
Cambridge Health Alliance
Examining the Experience of Otherness in Children and Adolescents, 2021
William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, 2014 - 2015
Akasha Yoga School, Boston, MA