Fortuna Counseling & Coaching
Online Mental Health Services
Julie Zhu, LCSW
Psychotherapist, Integrative Life Coach
I believe all human beings deserve to feel seen, understood, and feel worthy of love, abundance, and joy. At Fortuna Counseling and Coaching, I offer a warm, heart-centered space to explore life’s deeper questions and the narratives, experiences, and core beliefs that may be keeping you from creating a life you truly love. My work supports you in developing greater awareness of your inner dialogue, connecting with your emotional body, and cultivating the self-trust and inner safety to move through life with greater intention.
I specialize in supporting individuals navigating life transitions, identity, belonging, and their relationship with themselves. I work with clients experiencing people pleasing, imposter syndrome, low self-esteem, and patterns of self-abandonment, helping them reconnect with their inherent worth and personal power. As a first-generation Asian American, I also have a particular passion for supporting Asian American millennials navigating the intersection of cultural identity, generational patterns, family expectations, and American societal norms.
I offer online therapy to residents of Colorado and California, alongside two coaching pathways available to clients around the world. Inner Compass Coaching supports modern nomads, life explorers, and those navigating change in developing self-trust, emotional security, healthy boundaries, and a personal value system—their own internal “North Star.” Inner Magic Coaching incorporates spiritual frameworks including astrology, tarot, numerology, archetypes, and connection with divine support to explore meaning, recognize patterns and possibilities, and deepen your relationship with your own inner knowing.
Across each of these pathways, my intention is ultimately the same: to help you build a deeper, more compassionate relationship with Self. Whether we are healing old wounds, learning to trust your inner compass, or exploring the magic and meaning woven throughout your story, I believe we each have the capacity to become intentional participants—and heroes/heroines—in our own lives. Who you are holds purpose and value, opportunities for growth are abundant, and your path is yours to discover. I would be honored to walk alongside you as you find your way forward.
"In a world that teaches us to look outside of ourselves to find our treasures, I invite you to look inward to uncover the fortunes within. What if we are all gold mines of playful, visionary, and curious ideas that might just transform the richness in which we live?"
Therapeutic Approach
Cognitive Therapy
Rewire and reprogram negative core beliefs and thought processes with a blend of CBT and DBT frameworks. "Neck up approach"
Trauma Informed Care
Process through past traumas and challenge outdated narratives that are holding you back from living an empowered and fulfilling life.
Mindfulness
Cultivate intentional practices to call in more presence and greater awareness in your life.
Somatic Healing
Learn strategies to manage and regulate overwhelming feelings by healing your nervous system and connecting with your body. Develop understanding around how trauma and unresolved emotions are stored in our bodies.
"Neck down approach"
Healthy Attachments
Improve the quality of your relationships by learning how to develop a more secure attachment style, cultivate healthy boundaries and interdependence.
Communication
Learn how to listen more deeply to yourself and with others with more empathy. Develop skills in assertive communication and being able to recognize and express your needs.
What is the difference between Coaching and Therapy?
Coaching and therapy are both valuable tools for personal growth and development. Therapy is a form of treatment that helps individuals improve their mental health and well-being. It is focused on addressing and healing past emotional and psychological wounding that disconnects us. Therapy can be beneficial for a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and trauma.
Coaching is a more short-term process that is future-oriented and aims to help individuals achieve specific goals and improve their overall satisfaction and performance. Coaching can support clients with returning to their sense of Self or create more meaning and wonder in their life. Therapy is typically conducted by licensed mental health professionals and coaching can be provided by individuals with various backgrounds and expertise. I utilize my skills and knowledge base as both a therapist and a coach to meet the individual needs of my clients.
Inner Compass Coaching
Coaching for modern nomads, life explorers, and anyone creating a life beyond the traditional roadmap. Inner Compass helps you build the inner stability to navigate an ever-changing outer world. Through self-trust, self-compassion, and intentional exploration, we work with the questions that arise when you're choosing your own path: Where do I belong? What do I actually want? How do I make decisions I trust? And how do I create meaningful relationships, community, and a sense of home along the way? How do I honor my need for safety and freedom? Drawing from psychology, attachment, mindfulness, and lived experience, Inner Compass is about becoming your own secure base—I know who I am, what matters to me, and I trust myself to navigate my life.
Inner Magic Coaching
Inner Magic Coaching uses spiritual frameworks and practices to help you deepen your connection to the divine, cultivate curiosity about your path, and remember the wisdom and power already within you. Together, we explore key aspects of your astrological birth chart—including your Part of Fortune—as a lens for understanding your natural gifts, opportunities for growth, and relationship with abundance. We also weave in tarot and numerology, exploring the collective Card of the Year, your Personal Card of the Year, and your Soul Path Card to illuminate the themes, lessons, and invitations unfolding in your life. Inner Magic also invites you to cultivate a relationship with your own Spirit Squadron—the angels, ancestors, archetypes, and other divine supporters you feel called to connect with. Rather than looking outside yourself for answers, these practices become tools for reflection, meaning-making, and deeper trust in your own inner knowing.
Ultimately, Inner Magic is about learning to recognize the sacred within yourself and around you as you move through your own hero's journey. The magic isn't something you have to find. It's something you remember.
Services
1 hr
150 US dollars
1 hr
150 US dollars
1 hr
150 US dollars
15 min
Free
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Credentials
Licensed by State of Colorado LCSW.09929482
Education: Arizona State University
Degree/Diploma: MSW
Year Graduated: 2017