Judith Bookman

Judith Bookman is a licensed clinical social worker in Tennessee with 37 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, grief and loss, career shifts, stress, anxiety, and transitions in life. She also supports people dealing with parenting concerns, self-esteem struggles, and LGBT issues. Her practice includes coaching around career and executive concerns as well as help for those coping with natural or human-caused disaster.

Judith emphasizes that each person knows their own story and brings strengths into therapy. She offers practical guidance and steady support rather than telling clients what to do. The first steps often focus on identifying small, doable changes that can lead to better days.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to keep work concrete and goal-oriented. Sessions often look at current patterns, test new behaviors, and build on what already works for the client. Judith frames progress as a series of small experiments rather than quick fixes.

She works with people affected by aging and geriatric issues, blended family dynamics, cancer and caregiver stress, codependency, communication or control struggles, and life events such as divorce or family-of-origin wounds. First responder issues, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and HIV/AIDS concerns are also within her focus areas.

Judith meets clients where they are and supports them through practical steps toward change. Her mantra is simple: for something to change, you have to do something different. That idea shapes how she plans goals and measures progress with each person.

How her approaches guide online therapy