Dr. Judith Lites Nelson

Hello! Thanks for pausing your search to take a look at my profile. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and clinical mental health counselor educator (EdD). My experience has been trauma-focused with emphasis on the experiences of those who have survived group-focused negative experiences. Resilience is the hallmark of survivors of interpersonal violence, and through a strength-based focus, we will work together to reinforce your unique, perhaps forgotten, talents and abilities. I work from a cognitive-behavioral, strength-based model that focuses on identifying personal strengths that can be leveraged into new skills that help to reduce the impact of the stressors in daily living.

As a provider, my greatest strength is a deep belief in the power of clients to change. As a believer in mindfulness and affirmations, I encourage clients to release those experiences that hurt them in the past but hold fiercely to the lesson the experience contains.

The clients I’m best positioned to serve are those who approach counseling with a belief in possibilities, the ability to acknowledge unrecognized or underdeveloped potential, and a willingness to engage in self-evaluation to appreciate one's true self and successfully achieve meaningful change.

The goal of our first session will be to explore motivation, identify challenges, and set initial goals that will indicate when success has been achieved. From a solution-focused perspective, quantifying the scope and impact of a presenting concern helps to develop realistic goals that can be accomplished. I focus on understanding each person's subjective experiences and the impact these experiences have on one's quality of life. From a strength-based perspective, we will collaborate to identify areas of undeveloped potential.