Judith Huerta, LICSW

Therapist in Minnesota

Judith Huerta is a licensed clinical social worker who centers attachment-based ideas in her sessions.

Licensed inMinnesota
License18613
NPI 1457545584
Experience16+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Judith

Judith Huerta is a licensed clinical social worker who centers attachment-based ideas in her sessions. She draws on 16 years of experience to help people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and relationship or family concerns. Judith speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel doable for people who are nervous or unsure.

She believes people are the experts on their own lives. In sessions she listens for strengths and patterns that get in the way.

Background and approach

She offers practical tools and gentle challenges to help people make changes that matter to them. Judith combines attachment-based perspectives with client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques. That mix helps when working through attachment issues, abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and intimacy-related concerns.

She also brings approaches useful for trauma, such as EMDR, when those techniques fit a person’s needs. Her toolbox includes skills from dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation and from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking. Judith often focuses on everyday habits like sleep, eating, and routines when those areas affect mood and functioning.

She also addresses caregiver stress, first responder issues, and the challenges of addiction recovery. Sessions are offered in English. Judith works with people facing grief, forgiveness struggles, body image concerns, hoarding, and the long-term effects of family-of-origin problems.

She supports people who want coaching-style guidance alongside clinical work.

Credentials

LICSW (Minnesota): License 18613 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1457545584 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Judith lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Men's issues
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Judith names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online work and fit your needs

Judith uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This perspective looks at how connection and trust affect reactions to stress, intimacy, and conflict, and it can help people who struggle with abandonment or attachment-related worries.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and following the person's lead. That approach helps build safety and clarity, especially when someone wants a supportive space to talk through hard decisions or painful memories. Judith commonly brings in cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Judith will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, mixing talk-based support with skill-building or trauma-focused techniques as needed. She aims to tailor the plan so work feels relevant and manageable.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule work around daily life and to keep therapy consistent when travel or time constraints arise.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Judith often help with?

She helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, and caregiver fatigue.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is grounded in attachment-based ideas and is client-centered, with practical tools drawn from CBT and DBT when useful.

How much experience does she have?

Judith has 16 years of professional experience working with people on a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

What credentials and region apply to her practice?

She holds a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as MN LICSW, and practices in Minnesota.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she use?

She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexible options.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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