RAYS OF HOPE: Self-Care After Brain Injury
FRIDAY, JUNE 5th, 2026 – 10:00am – 2:30pm
Ability 360 Center
5025 E. Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
REGISTRATION CLOSES 6/4/2026 @ NOON
Self-care is a crucial component of living well after brain injury. Often traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a chronic health conditioned to be managed, not just a temporary event. Effects of the injury can evolve even years later. Consistent self-care manages long-term psychiatric risks such as depression, and anxiety, supports neuroplasticity, maintains functional improvements, and manages fatigue.
FEATURING
Julie Rake, MSPAS PA-C
Julie Rake has been practicing medicine as a PA for over 20 years. After practicing family medicine for 15 years, she attended the Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona. Since 2015, she has practiced Integrative Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona. Julie’s current practice focuses on integrative mental health care. Her specialty lies in helping to regulate the stressed nervous system of those with trauma and PTSD. She is partnered with “Redefine Wellness and Treatment,” a cutting-edge holistic healing center offering PHP, IOP, retreats, and individual wellness services.
Julie is currently a director for “Alter of Earth,” a Scottish-based, non-profit organization providing nature-based mental wellness and trauma recovery programs. From 2016 to 2023, she was a board member and chair (three years) for the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona. From 2015 to 2020, she was a provider for the SPARTA Project, a non-profit organization whose mission is to help heal the moral and spiritual wounds of our warfighters, veterans, and first responders. Julie currently teaches modules on PTSD for East Valley police and fire departments for their “Crisis Intervention Team” (CIT) cohorts on a roving basis.
Julie is a speaker, poet, and writer, and is firmly committed to serving her patients and her community.