Julia Judge

Therapy is a singular space. Here, you receive a careful kind of listening and the possibility of hearing your desires clearly–in many cases for the first time.

Perhaps you are coming with specific ideas of what you would like to understand. Perhaps you only know that something has felt “off” for some time. Together, we will be curious about your emotions, relationships, and history, seeking to shed new light on areas that may feel frightening, mysterious, or stagnant. This diligent attention to your experience can result in satisfying and often surprising changes in personal, creative, and professional endeavors.

I am guided by the belief that each person contains inherent strengths and knowledge, and that a primary goal of treatment is to allow for the expression of this unique experience through the sharing of dreams, fantasies, and fears. In time, this knowledge of the self may also reduce symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and physical pain.

I have worked with people of diverse racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexuality, and class backgrounds, and I am attuned to the role oppression plays in my patients’ lives. I enjoy working with creatives, those undergoing life transitions, and people seeking to understand intergenerational sources of suffering. I prefer seeing patients more than once per week when possible.

I am a New York State licensed master social worker and graduated with honors from Silberman School of Social Work. I trained at a social service agency and at a community mental health clinic. I also hold a Bachelors in Literary Studies from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School. Previously, I worked for many years in book publishing and the arts.