- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Anger management
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Judith
Judith Gordon is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She supports individuals facing relationship strain, grief, addiction, and life transitions. Her work is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel more capable day to day.
She uses brief, focused conversations to uncover unhelpful patterns and build workable alternatives. Sessions often include goal-setting, skills practice, and reflection so clients leave with clear next steps.
Background and approach
Judith combines a respectful, attentive stance with techniques that address thinking and behavior. Judith draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thinking traps and change reactions. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a calm space where clients can speak openly and be heard.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or wants to make a change but isn’t sure how to start. Her practice includes support around parenting stress, career shifts, financial worries, and midlife challenges. She also focuses on issues like social anxiety, panic, seasonal mood changes, and forgiveness work.
Judith has a decade of clinical experience and aims to help people build steady coping skills. Sessions are delivered in a way that fits clients’ routines and preferences. Judith explains ideas plainly and works collaboratively to set realistic goals.
The emphasis is on small, sustainable changes that improve daily life.
What Judith works with
Everything Judith lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Judith helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Judith lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting and life work
Judith commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood, which helps with panic, social anxiety, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so clients can speak freely, understand their feelings, and decide on next steps at their own pace.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when clients feel unsure about making changes. That approach uses gentle questions to help people clarify values and build internal motivation for things like reducing substance use, improving routines, or addressing parenting goals. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative; the therapist will work with each person to match methods to their needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls let people work more closely on emotional material, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a quick check-in, live chat offers short real-time exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while handling work, family, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Judith
What concerns does Judith address?
She supports stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, addictions, relationship strain, grief, parenting concerns, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and practical, focused on clear goals, skill practice, and reflective conversations to help clients make steady changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience working as a therapist in clinical settings and independent practice.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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