Julianna Gorder PsyD
Trainer in Chicago, IL
Discipline Clinical Psychology
Professional Position Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
Expertise Eating Disorders, Higher Levels of Care
Dr. Julianna Gorder is a licensed clinical psychologist who has extensive experience providing evidence-based treatment for eating disorders to individuals of all ages. She is the Director of Clinical Innovation at the Chicago Center for Evidence Based Treatment and is licensed to practice in both Illinois and California. Julianna is particularly passionate about understanding the role of temperament in complex, comorbid eating disorder presentations, and using temperament-informed treatment approaches to support individuals and their loved ones throughout the recovery process. Julianna is currently an accredited RO DBT trainer and senior clinician, receiving ongoing mentorship from the treatment developer, Dr. Thomas Lynch, and has provided consultation and training in RO DBT to clinicians both nationally and internationally.
Julianna earned her BA in Psychology from the University of St. Thomas and her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. After receiving her doctorate in 2018, Julianna completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center (UCSD EDC) and worked as a staff psychologist at UCSD EDC until 2022, during which time she developed and managed an RO DBT track within the adult PHP and IOP programs. From 2022 to 2024, Julianna was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California (USC), where she worked within the Eating Disorders Program, and also served as a member of the departmental Suicide Prevention Task Force. Julianna has extensive training in Family Based Treatment (FBT), standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD, and has received intensive training in both the adult and adolescent adaptations of Temperament Based Treatment with Support (TBT-S) for Anorexia Nervosa. When she is not working, Julianna enjoys traveling and spending time with her friends, family, and two rescue cats, Lily and Luna.
Contact: Please contact Julianna directly for enquiries about supervision or one-day trainings via juliannagorder.psyd@gmail.com