A Deeper Approach to Mental Health
I’m Julie Bauserman, a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (DNP, PMHNP-BC).
At Illuminate Integrative Psychiatry, I provide thoughtful, individualized mental health care that looks beyond symptoms and diagnoses. I take time to understand the whole person, considering the biological, psychological, social, and lifestyle factors that may be contributing to how you feel.
I believe the best care is collaborative. I want clients to feel heard, respected, and actively involved in decisions about their care. Together, we’ll explore what may be contributing to your symptoms, discuss evidence-based treatment options, and develop a plan that reflects your needs, values, and goals. I value established treatments while remaining curious about emerging research and approaches that may help support meaningful, sustainable change.
About Me
My clinical background spans psychiatry, neurology, palliative care, public health, and military nursing. I founded Illuminate Integrative Psychiatry with the belief that meaningful mental health care begins with understanding the whole person, not simply treating a collection of symptoms.
My approach to psychiatry is thoughtful, collaborative, and integrative. Medication can be an important part of treatment, but effective psychiatric care often requires looking beyond medication alone. I consider factors such as sleep, nutrition, movement, relationships, physical health, hormonal and metabolic health, life experiences, and environment, and how they may interact with emotional and cognitive well-being.
I earned my Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Psychiatric Mental Health from the University of Utah. My clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of psychiatric concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and complex or treatment-resistant conditions. I also have experience with interventional and emerging approaches to psychiatric care, including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).
My clinical interests also include the intersection of hormonal, metabolic, and mental health, particularly during perimenopause and menopause. I have pursued additional education in hormone replacement therapy and consider hormonal and thyroid-related factors when they may be contributing to psychiatric symptoms. When clinically appropriate, these factors may be addressed as part of a broader, individualized treatment plan, with referral or collaboration when care needs extend beyond my scope of practice.
My professional interests also include the psychological impact of serious and complex illness on patients and families, particularly caregiver anticipatory grief. My research has included caregiver anticipatory grief, complementing my clinical background in palliative care and my personal understanding of the challenges families can face when navigating medical complexity.
The breadth of my professional and lived experiences has shaped how I connect with and care for people. I’ve seen how profoundly physical health, family, caregiving, culture, identity, and life circumstances can influence mental well-being. These experiences have taught me to approach each person with curiosity, respect, and a willingness to understand their experience without assumptions.
