About Judith
Judith Bookman is a licensed clinical social worker in Tennessee with 37 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, grief and loss, career questions, stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and questions about identity and self-esteem. Judith also supports people dealing with serious health concerns and caregiver strain.
Her style is straightforward and strengths-based. She treats people as the experts on their own lives and looks for practical steps that move them forward.
How Judith works
Sessions focus on small changes that add up over time rather than long, abstract explanations. Judith uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy to shape real goals. That means looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, testing new behaviors, and building simple plans that fit daily life.
She checks progress and adjusts the approach as needed. Over decades of practice she has worked with people facing blending family issues, divorce and separation, family of origin problems, codependency, and communication difficulties. She also has experience with aging and geriatric issues, cancer, HIV/AIDS, first responder stress, and coping after disasters.
Judith aims to be a practical partner who helps people find clearer choices and take manageable steps. Her approach is encouraging, direct, and focused on solutions rather than blame. She invites clients to try different strategies until they find what works.
Judith lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Judith works with
The areas below are the ones Judith selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 37 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Judith uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors that change feelings and outcomes. CBT often involves practical exercises and short experiments you can try between sessions to see what helps with anxiety, stress, or mood.She also draws on solution-focused therapy, which zeroes in on clear goals and the steps that get you there. That approach is useful when you want quick, pragmatic progress on issues like relationship patterns, career moves, or coping with life change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your needs, try an approach, and adjust based on what helps you most. Clients often mix methods so work stays practical and tailored to real-life goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let you meet face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are good for short check-ins, quick coaching, or keeping progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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