Judith Wilson, LPC

Judith Wilson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a long history of working in mental health and community settings. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Biblical Studies from Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Alabama, and a Master of Science in Agency and Community Counseling from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama. She is certified by the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling as a Supervising Counselor, a qualification that enables her to provide supervision for clinicians pursuing full licensure. She also holds certification in Trauma Counseling, reflecting focused training in supporting people who have experienced traumatic events.

Across more than 25 years in the field, Judith has worked in a variety of environments, including private practice, intensive outpatient programs for people with severe mental illness and chemical dependency, wilderness programs for adolescents, and outpatient services focused on children, adolescents, and family concerns. Her experience also includes providing in-home therapy for at-risk families and extensive work with children and teens in multiple contexts. These roles have informed a broad clinical perspective and comfort with clients from diverse backgrounds and life situations.

Her areas of specialty in practice have included premarital and marital concerns, chronic pain and illness, chemical dependency, family dysfunction, educational and vocational goal-setting, healing from past trauma and abuse, and grief and loss. Judith emphasizes a compassionate, client-centered approach aimed at helping people understand and accept themselves, build healthier relationships free from manipulation or abuse, and set both short-term and long-term goals with clear steps to reach them. She strives to offer services in an atmosphere of empathy so clients can feel supported and comfortable throughout the counseling process.

Outside of her professional life, Judith is active in her church, is married to her husband Don, and is a mother and grandmother. She names a loyal son and a daughter who lives in Heaven, and she enjoys writing, cooking, reading, sewing, quilting, and spending time with her three granddaughters. She regards it as a privilege to support people as they work toward their goals and greater wellbeing.