About
Julie Kangas, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego, California, and an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego. She is also Director of the APA-accredited Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health through the San Diego VA, where she treats veterans with PTSD and conducts research on yoga, compassion meditation, and mind-body approaches to mental and physical health. Her private practice focuses on neurodivergence, anxiety, and the mind-body connection, offering telehealth and outdoor walking sessions.
Services
- Autism/Neurodivergence
- Anxiety
- Mind-body psychology
- Body image
- Coping skills
- Depression
- Emotional disturbance
- Mood disorders
- Peer relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-compassion
- Sleep/insomnia
- Stress
- Trauma/PTSD
- Women's issues
- Eating disorders
- ACT
- CBT
- CPT
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- DBT
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Humanistic
- MBCT
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
- Yoga/Meditation
State licenses
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California · License #PSY29390 · Clinical Psychologist Active
In the field
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 12 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity anchor: name, credentials, license number 29390, San Diego/San Francisco locations, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, fees, insurance, phone, years in practice (psychologytoday.com)
provider website
- Bio, practice focus, education (BA/MA/PhD Dallas TX), relocation to San Diego in 2015, headshot photo, navigation/contact structure (drjuliekangas.com)
- Homepage tagline and headshot image URL (drjuliekangas.com)
NPPES registry
- NPI 1881110187, credential PhD, license PSY29390 cross-referenced, practice address at VA San Diego ([redacted]), active status (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
UC San Diego faculty profile
- Title Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine; research focus areas; recent publications (profiles.ucsd.edu)
employer bio page (Military & Veteran Affairs Reporting Guide)
- Title Licensed Clinical Psychologist, VA affiliation, private-practice focus on women's overwhelm (milvetreporting.org)
- Professional profile identifying her as Clinical Psychologist at UC San Diego, matching name and credential/location anchors (linkedin.com)
Healthgrades directory
- No patient ratings/reviews posted; practice address at VA San Diego medical center; NPI match (healthgrades.com)
WebMD directory
- No patient reviews posted (doctor.webmd.com)
Sharecare directory
- No patient reviews posted (providers.sharecare.com)
conference/event listing
- Speaking appearance on embodied self-compassion (rancholapuerta.com)
web search aggregation (ResearchGate profile summary)
- 7 publications, 234 citations, including compassion meditation and yoga-for-PTSD studies; VA San Diego Healthcare System affiliation (researchgate.net)