- Client-centered approach
- Practical coping skills
- 29 years experience
About Judith
Judith 'Judi' Shaffer is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self esteem, and depression. She invites a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about what feels hard. Judi recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and she acknowledges that step right away.
With 29 years of clinical experience, Judi uses familiar, straightforward methods to help people find practical ways forward. She listens closely to each person's story and names patterns that get in the way of feeling confident or calm. She blends ideas from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to make changes that matter day to day.
Judi also draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand how past relationships shape current feelings. Solution-focused strategies are used when clients want quick, goal-oriented steps to handle a problem or a transition. These approaches are chosen together with the client, based on what feels most useful.
Sessions are conversational and focused on real problems like caregiving stress, body image concerns, guilt and shame, midlife shifts, and communication struggles. Judi aims to make each session feel practical and relevant to everyday life. She works in California and offers services in English.
If you want clear guidance and a steady listener while you rebuild confidence, Judi helps people sort through options and try realistic steps. To begin, follow the site's booking flow and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule according to availability.
With 29 years of clinical experience, Judi uses familiar, straightforward methods to help people find practical ways forward. She listens closely to each person's story and names patterns that get in the way of feeling confident or calm. She blends ideas from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to make changes that matter day to day.
Judi also draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand how past relationships shape current feelings. Solution-focused strategies are used when clients want quick, goal-oriented steps to handle a problem or a transition. These approaches are chosen together with the client, based on what feels most useful.
Sessions are conversational and focused on real problems like caregiving stress, body image concerns, guilt and shame, midlife shifts, and communication struggles. Judi aims to make each session feel practical and relevant to everyday life. She works in California and offers services in English.
If you want clear guidance and a steady listener while you rebuild confidence, Judi helps people sort through options and try realistic steps. To begin, follow the site's booking flow and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule according to availability.