LCPC, 15 years of experience
Frequently rebooked
Hello! Thanks for pausing your search to take a look at my profile. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and clinical mental health counselor educator (EdD). My experience has been trauma-focused with emphasis on the experiences of those who have survived group-focused negative experiences. Resilience is the hallmark of survivors of interpersonal violence, and through a strength-based focus, we will work together to reinforce your unique, perhaps forgotten, talents and abilities.
The goal of our first session will be to explore motivation, identify challenges, and set initial goals that will indicate when success has been achieved. From a solution-focused perspective, quantifying the scope and impact of a presenting concern helps to develop realistic goals that can be accomplished. I focus on understanding each person's subjective experiences and the impact these experiences have on one's quality of life. From a strength-based perspective, we will collaborate to identify areas of undeveloped potential.
As a provider, my greatest strength is a deep belief in the power of clients to change. As a believer in mindfulness and affirmations, I encourage clients to release those experiences that hurt them in the past but hold fiercely to the lesson the experience contains.
Those who approach counseling with a belief in possibilities, the ability to acknowledge unrecognized or forgotten potential, and a willingness to engage in self-evaluation to appreciate one's true self successfully achieve meaningful change.
3 ratings with written reviews
May 16, 2025
I really enjoyed working with Judith - she is very insightful, asks great questions. She pushed me to analyze my relationships with people and provide very helpful tools to manage stresses and anxiety-filled situations. I feel that we made great strides through our time together, on a foundation of trust, warmth and laughter :) Her approach is very genuine and empowering, I feel that I can build on what I've experienced to manage my life in a stronger way.
March 20, 2025
Judith was thorough and I could tell she read my form and didn’t just resort to usual questions.
February 14, 2025
The best first impression ! Very understanding, very helpful & insightful. Wish I started with her earlier.
Through the lens of integrative theoretical models, the impact of membership in groups that experience societal stressors, marginalization, or interpersonal trauma informs our processing of subjective experiences, individual strengths, and resilience, with a focus on leveraging personal qualities into emotional growth.
. . . involves deep, open, honest exploration of race, racism, privilege, and oppression and how navigating and responding to a system of unequal access and unearned privilege can appear to be a mental and/or behavioral health issue.
The answers to one's problems lie within the person. This approach focuses on exploring how problems have been resolved in the past as an indication of strengths that can be leveraged in the present.
Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness is a focus of the work involved in accepting reality while committing to confronting those challenges within one's control. Humor and realistic decisions to change are the first steps to successfully confronting problems. Making changes "head first" is the approach to a better quality of life and positive change.