Julianne Guinasso

About Julianne Guinasso

You became a therapist because you felt called to serve and heal. When you stepped into leadership as a group practice owner, it was to expand that mission even further.You know you\'re an expert at relationships and well being. You want a work culture that embodies your values. And yet, leading a team has surfaced something your clinical training never prepared you for. The weight of carrying culture alone.The late-night questions about whether you handled that conversation well. The tension between wanting to hold your team accountable and wanting to protect the relationship. The slow realization that no one is holding space for you the way you hold space for everyone else.You\'re not failing at leadership. You were just never taught how to steward the relational ecosystem you\'ve built. I\'m Julianne, LMFT and Co-Founder of Level Up Leaders Inc. Alongside my business partner Poonam, we support therapists turned group practice owners in cultivating psychological safety through our trauma-informed leadership model, Cultivate TRUST.We help group practice owners and clinical leaders move from carrying culture alone to co-creating it alongside their teams. Through consultation groups, workshops, leadership coaching, and our work culture assessment, we guide leaders in exploring their leadership identity beyond their clinical role, understanding the relational patterns they naturally cultivate, and building accountability that\'s shared rather than shouldered.Our work is grounded in one core belief: work culture is relationships repeated at scale. When you stop trying to lead like others and start leveraging your authentic strengths, everything shifts. Testimonial(s)\". If you are a solo business owner who employs staff, or ever wished you had the support of a business partner, I cannot recommend Level Up Leaders enough - they provide high value, indescribable peace of mind and unparalleled support.” Heather, LMFT\".Julianne and Poonam asked me questions that helped guide me to answers or solutions that I couldn\'t find on my own. I left each session feeling validated, understood, and prepared to tackle my next challenge with a self-assuredness I had not experienced before.\" Danielle, LMFT Explore Your Leadership Identity Beyond Your Clinical RoleThis assessment reveals the relational patterns you naturally cultivate with your team and where to focus your leadership

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Level Up Leaders Inc

   Jan 2021 — Present

   Who We Are:We (Julianne and Poonam) are Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists with over 11 years of leadership experience in the mental health field. We\'re on a mission to shift how leadership is practiced in group practices, from carrying culture alone to co-creating it. We believe work culture is relationships repeated at scale, a relational ecosystem. The quality of connection between you and your team, and between team members themselves, determines the level of psychological safety in your practice.Whom We Help:Therapists turned group practice owners and their clinical leaders.How We Help:At Level Up Leaders Inc. we provide consultation groups, leadership coaching, workshops, and our work culture assessment, all through the lens of our trauma-informed leadership model, Cultivate TRUST. This model guides you in exploring your leadership identity beyond your clinical role, understanding the relational patterns you naturally cultivate, and building a work culture where accountability and trust are shared.

Education

• Loma Linda University

  Master of Science - MS, Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling

• Walla Walla University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology