About

Dr. Julia A. AndreClinical Psychologist & Trauma Specialist.

Founder of Undertrained. Co-founder and Clinical Director of Trauma Directory.

Philosophy

"Not every trauma looks like an event. Some of it looks like everything that was supposed to happen, and didn't."

Dr. Julia A. Andre
Who You're Working With

Trained across three countries. Grounded in one specialisation.

Dr. Julia A. Andre trained at Radboud University and Maastricht University before completing her PhD at the University of Hong Kong. Across a decade and 8,000+ hours of direct practice, she brings a relational, experiential, cross-cultural lens - shaped by her own experience as an expat connecting East and West - to rooms that rarely get one: the trauma work that's hardest to name and easiest to miss.

HCPC & BPS Registered EMDR · Schema · ISSTD Certified Culturally Attuned, East & West

She is Founder and Educator at Undertrained, Co-founder and Clinical Director of Trauma Directory alongside Sitara Samtani, co-hosts the podcast Therapists Unmasked, and is author of Nothing Happened and co-author of Emotional Needs. She is currently building a founding network of trauma specialists across Asia. If that sounds like you, let her know.

Credentials

UK HCPC

Registered Clinical Psychologist

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Hong Kong Psychological Society

Registered Psychologist

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BPS-RAPPS

Registered Applied Practice Supervisor

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Trauma Directory

Verified Trauma Specialist

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PhD, University of Hong Kong · Maastricht University · Radboud University · also on the treatment team at The Lighthouse Bali. Insurance reimbursement available in many jurisdictions.

Beyond the Therapy Room

Educator. Founder.

The same gap I saw in the therapy room, I kept seeing everywhere else too.

I trained in PTSD treatment and kept noticing what standard training left out - a gap that didn't stay in the therapy room. Two ventures grew out of it, below. That conversation has since grown well beyond a single practice: 25,000+ following the work on LinkedIn, and 28,000+ monthly views on Undertrained's Substack, alongside regular invitations to speak on podcasts, contribute commentary, and consult with organisations navigating complex trauma.

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Founder & Educator

Undertrained

Training clinicians in the presentations standard programmes skip: dissociative disorders, complex trauma, and omission trauma. Webinars, supervision, and courses.

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Co-founder & Clinical Director

Trauma Directory

Most people see several therapists before finding one who understands complex trauma. Trauma Directory closes that gap with a vetted directory across tiers of care.

Also By Dr. Andre

Books

Ongoing essays are also published through Undertrained on Substack, and articles are on the homepage.

Nothing Happened - book by Dr. Julia A. Andre
By the Nothing Happened™ Trauma Therapist

Nothing Happened

The book that named the wound. For anyone who has carried something they couldn't explain - formed not by what was done, but by what was never given.

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Emotional Needs - book by Dr. Julia A. Andre and Sitara Samtani
For Children & the Adults Who Raise Them

Emotional Needs

A picture book for children and parents alike, naming the emotional needs every child is born with. Co-authored with Sitara Samtani, grounded in Schema Therapy.

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