Judith (Judy) Hamilton , CSW

Judith (Judy) Hamilton is a Georgia-based clinical social work professional with 24 years of experience who centers care on dignity, respect, and the Social Work Code of Ethics. A graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Social Work, she brings long-standing experience working with trauma-related conditions, mood disorders, anxiety, depression, bipolar I and II, adjustment difficulties, bereavement, and psychotic disorders.

Her background includes roles as chief counselor for the Specialized Mental Health Treatment Unit with the Georgia Department of Corrections, extended work in hospice settings, and experience providing correctional mental health services in county detention centers. She is also currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs at a Community Based Outpatient Clinic, where she works directly with veteran populations and related concerns.

Hamilton practices from a strengths-based, client-centered stance that is open and warm. She describes her approach as walking side-by-side with clients rather than leading them, offering guidance while recognizing each person as the expert on their own life. She emphasizes fairness, equity, compassion, and care while helping clients pursue their goals and build resilience.

Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy including CPT and PE. She holds the CSW credential - a social work license - and draws on her varied settings experience to support people facing stress, trauma, relationship challenges, addiction, sleep difficulties, career concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and other life changes.

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