Julia Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- thompsonje1@etsu.edu
- 423-379-8087
- 2 Professional Park Drive, Suite 21
Dr. Thompson is a psychologist with the Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody and Assistant Professor at ETSU Quillen College of Medicine. Clinically, she specializes in consultation and assessment of children in foster care. She frequently presents to the community on the topics of child development, child traumatic stress, and trauma informed care.
Dr. Thompson graduated with her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a graduate minor in Disaster Science and Management from Louisiana State University. She completed her internship through the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe Meyer Institute in Rural Integrated Care and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center’s Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody.
Prior to joining the COE, she was a psychologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO for 7 years. Clinically, she provided assessment and treatment to children exposed to trauma and provided integrated behavioral health services at a pediatric clinic co-located with a Head Start/Early Head Start in urban Kansas City. In addition, she was co-chair of the hospital’s Trauma Informed Care Workgroup, member of the Show ME-ECHO on Foster Care in Primary Care, and on the Board of Directors at The Children’s Place, a day treatment program for young children exposed to trauma and abuse.