Judy Slobig, LICSW

Judy Slobig is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) based in the District of Columbia with 35 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem struggles, parenting concerns, and coping with life changes. Judy emphasizes practical steps and clear goals so people feel less overwhelmed and more able to move forward.

Her background includes work in community organizing, mediation, and education in U.S. cities and many countries overseas. That experience informs a down-to-earth style that favors short-term, solution-focused work when helpful. She listens for strengths and past successes and uses those as a starting point for change.

Judy’s approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. She asks what would look different if a problem improved and helps clients build achievable steps toward that outcome. Conversations tend to focus on what is working now and what small changes could make daily life easier.

Her practice draws on years of crisis response and disaster work, which shapes how she supports people facing major life disruptions. She also has experience with adoption and foster care topics, aging and geriatric issues, cancer support, end-of-life and hospice concerns, multicultural matters, and workplace stress.

People who reach out can expect a practical and respectful process that centers their experience. Judy invites clients to identify goals and to test manageable strategies between sessions. She frames therapy as teamwork aimed at restoring steadiness and increasing life satisfaction.

Solution-Focused Work and Online Support

Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying what a person wants to be different and finding the smallest useful steps toward that change. It focuses on practical solutions and past successes rather than long reviews of problems. This approach can help with stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, and getting through major life changes.

Judy’s work emphasizes collaboration. She will listen to goals and preferences, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. Together they decide whether to keep a strategy, adjust it, or try something new so the work stays relevant and manageable.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel, and continue care across locations. Phone sessions can be useful when video would be difficult, and shorter check-ins can fit into a midday break. Judy aims to adapt sessions to everyday routines so therapeutic work can be sustained over time.