Julie Tilsen
Julie Tilsen is a family therapist and youthworker who provides training and supervision to a variety of community-based agencies. She’s interested in queer theory and pop culture as resources for practice and is an associate/trainer for the International Center for Clinical Excellence. Julie is just about finished with her PhD dissertation on queer youth identity construction (which she works on in between Minnesota Gopher women’s hockey games) and is currently accepting suggestions for her next tattoo.
References
Tilsen, J. & Nylund, D. (In press). Homonormativity & queer youth resistance: Reversing the reverse discourse, in L. Moon, (Ed.), Counselling ideologies: Queer challenges to heteronormativity. Ashgate: Surrey, UK.
Tilsen, J. (In press). Friendly ghosts: Re-membering life after death, in J. Chang, (Ed.), Creative clinical approaches with children.
Tilsen, J. (Accepted for publication). Queer as youth: Resisting the homonormative of identity development, Journal of progressive human services.
Tilsen, J. & Nylund, D. (2009). Popular culture texts & young people: Making meaning, honoring resistance, & becoming harry potter. International Journal of Narrative Therapy & Community Work, (2) 3-10.
Tilsen, J. & Nylund, D. (2008). Psychotherapy research, the recovery movement, and practice-based evidence, Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 7, 340-354.
Tilsen, J, Nylund, D. & Grieves, L. (2007). The gender binary: Theory and lived experience, International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 3, 47-56.
Tilsen, J. (2007). We don’t need no education: Parents are doing it for themselves, Journal of Progressive Human Services, (18) 1, 71-87.
Tilsen, J. & Nylund, D. (2006). Queer Theory Goes Dancing, in Therapeutic Conversations 8 Conference Papers, Toronto, ON.
Nylund, D. & Tilsen, J. (2006). Pedagogy and praxis: Postmodern spirit in the classroom. Journal of Systemic Therapies, (25) 4, 21-31.
Tilsen, J., Russel, S., and Michael. (2005). Nimble and courageous acts: How michael became the boss of himself. Journal of Systemic Therapies, (24) 2, 29-42.