- Addictions
- Family patterns
- CBT and systemic
About Judith
Judith Lathrop is a New York State licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing relationship strain, family difficulties, addictions, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting concerns. She also focuses on blended family issues, codependency, communication problems, and family of origin issues.
Judith trained at the master's level in marriage and family counseling and began practicing in 1996. Over three decades she has worked with couples, family members, and individuals to improve how they relate to one another. Her background includes additional certification in Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy from the Wellness Institute in Issaquah, WA.
Her sessions combine Family Systems ideas with strategic and solution-focused techniques. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Judith assigns homework when it helps clients clarify problems and try out changes between meetings.
She aims to move at a client's pace while offering gentle challenge when someone appears stuck. Her work commonly addresses conflict resolution, coping with life changes, intimacy concerns, guilt, shame, and issues around forgiveness. Judith also provides support for people affected by a loved one's substance problems.
Clients can expect practical conversation about patterns that repeat across relationships. Judith frames therapy as a collaborative process and focuses on concrete steps clients can try. She works in English and accepts international clients.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Judith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT is concrete and often includes brief exercises and homework that transfer well to remote work. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and achievable goals, so sessions often focus on what can be different right away and on short-term strategies.She treats the choice of approach as a collaborative decision. In early sessions she will ask about goals, past attempts at change, and what feels most useful. Together the client and therapist decide whether CBT, solution-focused work, or systemic ideas about family patterns will be the main focus and they adjust that plan over time.
Confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let clients use written or homework tools between meetings and practice new communication skills in real-life settings while still discussing progress with a licensed professional.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with relationship strain, family problems, addictions, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, and related issues such as codependency and communication problems.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She blends Family Systems ideas with Solution-Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to address behavior and interaction patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 30 years of experience and has been practicing since completing her master's degree in marriage and family counseling in 1996.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMFT licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
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