About Me
Monica Garty Juice
PNP-BC, MSN, PMHS
Several years ago, to help address the rapidly increasing demand and epidemic of mental health care concerns, I started providing a coping skills program in a private practice, where I work as a pediatric nurse practitioner. Here, hundreds of children and adolescents successfully participated in the program. In addition, I have sought additional training and education, and built a large network of some of Orange County’s finest therapists, counselors, psychologists, advocates, and psychiatry providers who are already in the trenches. By offering my specific consulting plan, I hope to be able to reach others who can benefit from Intersection Rising.
Access to mental healthcare can be daunting and downright impossible
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Access to mental healthcare can be daunting and downright impossible •
If you have ever tried to find a therapist for yourself or a family member, chances are you have had a glimpse of how challenging it can be. With financial restraints, insurance companies lacking adequate in network providers, access to mental healthcare can be daunting and downright impossible. If you made it this far in the process, you’ve already felt the feeling of placing all your eggs in one basket—or in this case—your baby in someone else's hands, hoping their kid connects to the therapist—never mind hoping they are skilled and can help.
Before I began my own therapy and healing journey, I put it off for years
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Before I began my own therapy and healing journey, I put it off for years •
I get it. Before I began my own therapy and healing journey, I put it off for years (dare I say, decades). When I had my son, I left myself no option. I would not allow myself to inadvertently pass down my own traumas, reactions, and maladaptive coping mechanisms. I called and called and called. Beat myself up about the money. Hid behind telehealth for a year even. I get it. Truly. And then, the most remarkable thing happened—I not only began to heal, but I began to grow.
I have a deep passion to emphatically support children and adolescents as they develop self awareness and individuate
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I have a deep passion to emphatically support children and adolescents as they develop self awareness and individuate •
Behind all this work, I have a deep passion to emphatically support children and adolescents as they develop self awareness and individuate, while giving parents the space and tools so they can breathe again. As a young child, I was highly sensitive, timid, and a perfectionist people pleaser. During middle school, I began exhibiting signs of being highly anxious, which manifested itself with obsessions and compulsions to cope with the discomfort. By the time high school came around, I was experiencing an array of physical manifestations and somatic symptoms that doctors couldn’t seem to pinpoint.
It is a great privilege to be able to hold this space for children and adolescents today
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It is a great privilege to be able to hold this space for children and adolescents today •
Plainly, the wheels had quickly fallen off the bus, leaving me feeling like I was living on an island by myself. I was perpetually sick, depressed, hopeless, and at times—defiant. I didn’t have the language to express how I was feeling, the courage to show up against the stigma, and my parents did not have the knowledge or resources to access the care I needed. Today, I pride myself on being the woman today that I needed as an adolescent, and hope to give you and your child a sensation of relief and, “I got you.”
Fun Facts About Me
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I have a passion for the neurodiverse.
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I am an avid consumer of books and podcasts.
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I have an obsession with my goldendoodle, Myles.
My personal lived experiences, diverse educational background and work experience in pediatrics, pediatric neurology, as well as child and adolescent mental health combined with the support from a remarkable community of mental healthcare providers in Orange County, I incredibly humbled and grateful to be able to provide a space for you and your child, to hear you, to see you, to validate you. I treat every individual as though they were my own child, taking special care in helping my clients take agency in a support plan that they can be confident about. So if you are ready, let’s hit the ground running and get to work!
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Yale University
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Ohio State University
KySS Child and Adolescent Mental Fellowship
UCSB
BA Psychology, Cum Laude. Minor: Special Education and Risk Developmental Studies
Trauma Research Foundation
Fellowship & Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies with Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
PNCB
Pediatric nurse practitioner, pediatric mental health specialist
Chronic Disease & Dynamic Healing Group
with Stephen PorgesConferences:
2024 Innovations in Psychotherapy
2024 Institute of Somatic Trauma Education
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Sea View Pediatrics, PNP, PMHS
Insightful Resources, Board Member
Neurospicy Community, Parenting and Family Support Group
Children’s Hospital Orange County, PNP
UCLA School of Nursing, Assistant Clinical Faculty, Guest Lecturer
Harbor UCLA Pediatric Neurology, PNP
Pediatric Health Care Associates, PNP
Branford Pediatrics & Allergy, RN
Koegel Autism Center, Clinician/Parent Educator
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40 Under 40, Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, Delta Mu Chapter
Connecticut APRNs
Florence Blake Scholarship, 2010–2012
Dean's List Yale School of Nursing
Cum Laude, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007
Society of Leadership and Success National Award of Accomplishment, 2007
Psi Chi National Honor Society of Psychology, 2006
Golden Key International Honour Society, 2006
Lean Into Your Parent Intuition
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