Judith Lathrop , LMFT

Judith Lathrop brings more than three decades of clinical experience to her work with individuals, couples, and families. She holds a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling, earned in 1996, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in New York. Her training also includes advanced certification in Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy from the Wellness Institute in Issaquah, WA, a credential that has informed her personal growth and expanded her therapeutic tools.

Throughout a 30-year career Judith has focused on relationship and family dynamics, offering support for addictions, parenting challenges, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, intimacy concerns, anger, and self-esteem issues. She also works with blended family issues, codependency, communication and control difficulties, divorce and separation, family of origin concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and life-purpose questions, and mood disorders. Her practice blends Family Systems techniques, strategic methods, and Solution-Focused counseling to meet each client where they are.

Judith personalizes treatment plans and often assigns practical exercises when useful, helping clients gain clarity and build change outside of sessions. She moves at a pace that respects each person’s readiness while encouraging progress when clients feel stuck. Grounded in the belief that answers often lie within the client, she guides and supports people toward greater connection, resilience, and well-being.

Integrating Key Therapeutic Approaches in Online Care

Judith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. This approach focuses on changing patterns that contribute to emotional distress and supports measurable coping skills.

She also draws on Systemic Therapy, which examines relationships and family patterns to address issues like communication problems, blended family conflicts, and codependency. Systemic work helps uncover how interactions within relationships influence individual well-being and fosters changes that benefit the whole family system.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Judith works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds. In online sessions she and the client review what works and refine the plan together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity across locations, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, while still receiving care from licensed professionals and therapists trained in effective clinical approaches.