Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
How Judith works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Judith
Dr. Judith Dickey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 35 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and anger.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping clients feel steadier and clearer about next steps. She draws on family therapy and depth psychology to look at patterns that repeat across relationships. That can mean talking through family of origin concerns, blended family issues, codependency, or communication problems.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing mood disorders, bipolar concerns, panic attacks, and process addictions such as gambling or compulsive sexual behaviors. Dr. Dickey integrates psycho-spiritual ideas alongside practical work on daily habits.
She talks about lifestyle factors like diet, movement, rest, and social connection as part of emotional health. She also uses Emotional Freedom Techniques, or tapping, to help ease intense feelings that stay stuck in the body after trauma. In sessions she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and hidden narratives that steer behavior.
That can include shame, perfectionism, or the sense that there is never enough. The aim is to build emotional stamina and clearer choices, not to rush outcomes. Her background includes a master’s degree in family therapy from the California Family Study Center and a doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.
She is licensed in California as an LMFT and conducts therapy in English.
What Judith works with
Everything Judith lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Judith's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Dr. Dickey uses depth-oriented family therapy to trace recurring patterns across relationships and family history. This approach helps people spot repeating dynamics and make different choices in current relationships. It is useful for resolving long-standing family of origin issues and improving communication.She also uses Emotional Freedom Techniques, commonly called tapping, which combines gentle physical taps on acupressure points with focused talk about specific memories or feelings. Tapping can help reduce the intensity of anxiety, trauma responses, and strong anger so clients can think more clearly during and after sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to what matters to the client, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust the plan over time. Clients and therapist work together to decide whether depth work, tapping, lifestyle changes, or a mix of methods works best.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video helps recreate face-to-face interaction, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing reflection between live sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or travel.
Questions people ask about Judith
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship conflict, grief, anger, and issues tied to addiction and mood disorders.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style blends family therapy and depth psychology with practical lifestyle strategies and body-centered methods like tapping.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 35 years of clinical experience and long-term work with relationship and addiction issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a master’s in family therapy, and is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She sees clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.