Meet Juliette Celozzi

Chicago Clinical Psychology Impact Fellow

Juliette Celozzi was first introduced to the idea of helping others in a cognitive realm when at four she taught her younger brother to read. Her parents had been told that he might struggle developmentally, so seeing him read to them instilled in Celozzi as a youngster the idea that she could help others.

Celozzi received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Marquette University, where she was the elected to be an undergraduate representative for a diversity in psychology committee and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

While completing master’s degree in marriage and family therapy at the University of Southern California, Celozzi focused on furthering the application of the bio-psycho-social model in the therapeutic space. As part of her capstone research presentation, she and her team explored the effects of witnessing domestic violence on childhood development.

Since then, she has practiced as an associate therapist in both California and Illinois, with an emphasis in substance abuse and neurodivergent affirming care. Through this work she has the importance of advocacy and supporting each client’s well-being while working in an interdisciplinary team and coordinating the allocation of basic need resources.

Upon receiving her Psy.D. degree, Celozzi plans to pursue neuropsychology, which she says connects the biological components with behavior, and hopes that by being able to provide informed care to her clients, she help narrow the divide of the mental healthcare disparity in this country through accessibility and culturally competent care.

“In leading with humility, understanding, and hope, I aim to be a psychologist who can provide so much more than effective care. I aim to be someone who can impact communities for the better, starting with one person, one word, at a time,” she says.