About Judy
Throughout my career, I have been interested in what makes us tick and how we can thrive in body, mind, and spirit.
Graduate work in nutrition helped me understand the ways in which the foods we eat – and how we eat them – affect our health and well-being. Counseling psychology and the study of neurobiology helped me understand how to heal our long-standing unhealthy patterns of thinking, feeling, and reacting. Working as part of the spiritual care team on a unit for adolescents in psychiatric distress revealed the deep healing that can occur when we connect to the deeper, wiser part of ourselves. Energy psychology, consciousness research, and traditional Hawaiian healing showed me a more holistic way of seeing ourselves and engaging with the world around us.
Today, I help clients see their challenges through the lens of practical neurobiology to make deep and lasting change. Using a unique set of brain-focused, heart-centered skills and techniques, I support clients in transforming anxiety and emotional reactivity, moving from outrage to inspired action, maintaining emotional balance in challenging times, and repatterning the outdated beliefs and expectations that stand in the way of engaging fully and connecting deeply.
Education & Experience
I hold graduate degrees in nutrition and counseling psychology, specializing in the practical application of neuroscience and the change process. I am an Integrative Wellness Coach, trained at Duke Integrative Medicine. I am also a HeartMath® Certified Practitioner and Trainer, a certified provider of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), and a Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT)™ practitioner.
For over 12 years I have used a holistic approach with patients and clients. I have worked as a mental health coach on an integrative care team in a family medical practice, spent 7 years working with adolescents on an in-patient psychiatric unit, and have worked with clients in private practice, individually and in groups.
Human beings are complex, integrated systems.
My training in energy psychology and the Hawaiian healing tradition informs my work in helping clients to engage in all dimensions of this system – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual – for increased health, well-being, happiness, meaning, and purpose.
My Passion
My is passion is helping clients learn what most of us were never taught: how to harness the power of the brain and the wisdom and intelligence of the heart to live with greater flow, ease, and possibility.
What people are saying...
Working with Judy is like having a personal trainer for my nervous system.
The techniques Judy uses are both simple and profoundly effecticve.
Judy teaches and shares her immense knowledge in ways that are understandable and relatable.
As the VP of Operations at a major lighting and furniture company in Manhattan, the daily stresses of the job compounded with my already heightened anxiety resulted in frequent debilitating panic attacks. I have never found anything more helpful than this 12-week program.
Approaching anxiety from the bottom up was so effective. I have tried CBT, IFS, and “talk therapy,” and never felt as though it had significant impact. Judy provided me with invaluable tactics and support. I left the program feeling more grounded, able to handle the stressors and ultimately less anxiety. ~ AS, VP of Operations
In a short period of time, my work with Judy dissolved patterns and beliefs that were holding me back – many of which I was unaware of. Because the tools seemed so simple, I was skeptical the shifts I was experiencing would last. Not only have they lasted, but I have the tools to use anytime. Truly life changing! ~ CL, Accountant
I am an Integrative Wellness Coach, Educator, and Trainer, not a psychotherapist. The tools and approaches I use are intended to help clients learn skills to manage their nervous systems and to support them in behavior change. Skill-building and coaching support can be an effective adjunct to other forms of treatment, but they are not a substitute for appropriate medical or mental health care. I do not take insurance, although some HSAs may reimburse for health coaching.