About Jude
Jude Patton is a licensed marriage and family therapist with decades of practice. He speaks plainly and listens closely to help people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or worn down by sleep problems or attention difficulties.
Background and approach
Many come to him when life feels overwhelming and they need a steady, practical approach. He uses straightforward conversation to help people sort what matters most.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that can make a real difference day to day. Jude draws on a long career in health and counseling to offer grounded, common-sense guidance.
Before becoming a therapist Jude worked for many years in medicine and as a sex educator. That background informs how he thinks about body, identity, and relationships.
He also spent a long time working with animals and in natural settings, and he often speaks about how companions and nature can support wellbeing. Jude practices in California and brings 46 years of professional experience to his work.
He offers help with issues that often overlap, such as chronic pain, aging concerns, substance use, grief, and coping with serious illness. His approach aims to meet people where they are and build on their own strengths.
In sessions Jude prefers to set clear, achievable goals and check progress along the way. He combines client-centered listening with practical techniques people can use between meetings.
He encourages people to take small steps and notices changes as they happen.
How Jude's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy puts the person front and center by following their concerns and priorities; sessions focus on listening, validating, and helping people identify their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, sleep, and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jude collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals, daily life, and comfort with different techniques. He adjusts plans as progress is made so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit many lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth or cameras are limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or keep therapy brief during a workday. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and to use strategies in real time as challenges arise.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Sleeping disorders
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 46 years
- Licensed
- Washington, California
- Languages
- English