Juliana DeWillems
Juliana DeWillems is the Owner and Head Trainer at JW Dog Training. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA), Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP), Certified Behavior Consultant Canine (CBCC-KA), and a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC). Juliana has been training dogs since 2014 after she graduated with distinction from the Karen Pryor Academy. She is now a faculty member at the Karen Pryor Academy and teaches the Dog Trainer Professional program.
Juliana works full time as a private trainer in the Washington, D.C. area. She specializes in reactivity, anxiety, and aggression cases. She enjoys applying her knowledge of canine behavior and the science of learning when working closely with owners to improve their dog's behavior. Watching the training plan strengthen the bond between owner and dog -- whether it's a puppy, adolescent, or adult dog-- is her favorite part of the job.
You can regularly catch Juliana on TV, radio, and online programs. She has shared her dog training expertise on WTOP and Good Morning Washington, and she was a regular guest on The Pet Show with Dr. Katy for many years. Juliana currently co-hosts the Live from The Ranch online broadcast with Ken Ramirez. She also provides quarterly free seminars and webinars for dog owners through the non-profit Your Dog's Friend.
Dr. Nathalie Edmond
Nathalie Edmond, PsyD, RYT-500 is a licensed clinical psychologist and experienced yoga teacher who takes an integrative perspective to her consultations and trainings. She believes that transformation happens when we integrate mind-body-spirit and have an embodied dialogue. She is trained in multiculturalism and intersectional feminism and takes a trauma informed approach to her work. She believes that anti-racism work includes addressing all marginalized groups and identities and working towards liberation of all beings. She regularly leads anti-racism and diversity trainings for clinical practices, libraries, school districts, corporations, nonprofits, activism groups and yoga communities.
Dr Edmond completed her Bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from Rutgers University (1998). She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Wright State University School of Professional Psychology (2003).
She has been intensively trained in mindfulness based and trauma sensitive approaches to therapy which include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (10 day intensive), attachment focused EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (levels 1 and 2), and various yoga traditions. She completed her 200 hour yoga training in 2015 at Honor Yoga Hamilton in New Jersey. She completed her 300 hour training at Main Line Yoga Shala (Agni Moksha) in Philadelphia. She teaches meditation and leads trauma sensitive yoga teacher trainings.
She was director of Princeton House Behavioral Health Women's Trauma Program for 7 years, Associate Executive director of child, adolescent, and adult programs (PHP/IOP) for three years as well as a psychologist at Princeton University Counseling center for five years prior to opening her group practice (Mindful and Multicultural Counseling) in Ewing, New Jersey. She has served on various non-profit boards and been president of her UU church board. She has facilitated a variety of continuing education seminars in a variety of settings and teaches a graduate course on multiculturalism and feminism. She owns a group practice in Ewing, NJ called Mindful and Multicultural Counseling.
She is a 2021 Honoree for Princeton YMCA Tribute Awards. The Awards celebrate Mercer County women who embody the YWCA mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. She has been trained by Lee Mun Wah and Kenneth Hardy in the areas of anti-racism, racial trauma and diversity, equity and inclusion.