Judy Hunt, LMSW

Judy Hunt is a licensed social worker with 27 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and trauma. She practices from Michigan and speaks English. Judy focuses on practical conversations that help people take manageable steps toward feeling better. Her style is respectful, sensitive, and compassionate. She adapts sessions to fit each person’s needs and goals, and she lays out a plan together with the person in the room. Judy often helps people dealing with chronic pain, illness, or disability to manage the emotional side of those challenges. She also works with people who struggle with isolation, guilt and shame, and interpersonal communication problems. Judy supports clients who are facing life transitions, midlife questions, or searching for a clearer sense of purpose. She pays attention to symptoms like panic attacks, social anxiety, and mood shifts and helps people build coping skills. Across many years of practice she’s assisted people affected by post-traumatic stress and other trauma-related difficulties. Conversations are aimed at practical change rather than labels, with a focus on skills and clear next steps. The goal is to empower people to make choices that fit their day-to-day life. If someone is ready to begin, Judy asks them to describe what they most want to change and what has helped or not helped before. From there she and the person create a plan with achievable goals and ways to measure progress.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Judy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and problem solving. One common approach helps people build coping skills for anxiety and panic by breaking problems into small steps and practicing specific techniques between sessions. Another approach focuses on managing mood and depression through activity planning and identifying patterns that keep someone stuck. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Judy will work with each person to understand their goals, what has or hasn’t helped before, and then try methods that fit those needs. If something isn’t working she adjusts the plan together with the client. The practical benefits of online therapy can include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and fewer barriers related to travel. Because the biography does not list supported session formats, confirm the current online options before booking. Once formats are confirmed, online work can allow consistent check-ins, homework review, and skill practice that match daily life without promising any specific outcome.