Judy Fradin, M.S.W.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW), Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW), Master Social Worker (MSW)

Judy Fradin sees individuals, adolescents, couples and families. She uses cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, and systems approaches. Family issues are a specialty.

Overview

Judy Fradin is an LCSW with over ten years experience treating individuals, families, and couples. She received her BA, Magna Cum Laude, from The University of Pennsylvania in 1976, and her MSW from Smith College School for Social Work in 1978. She completed three years of intensive training in marriage and family therapy at The Family Institute of Westchester in 1993. She has worked in outpatient mental health clinics, in day treatment programs for the severely mentally ill, in family service agencies, and in private practice. She has run workshops for parents on parenting issues, and has extensive experience in working with both spousal abuse and teen dating abuse. She specializes in treating depression and anxiety in adults, depression and self destructive behavior in adolescents and in helping couples with marital issues.

Judy Fradin sees patients at the following location(s):

Gurnee, Illinois

Arbor Counseling Center
1790 Nations Drive Suite 208
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Phone: 847-913-0393 EXT 133
Fax: 847-913-9630
E-mail this therapist
Web: http://www.arborcounselingcenter.com/

Personal Statement

I am a therapist with an eclectic approach to therapy. For me, the process of therapy begins with a warm, trusting therapeutic relationship, in which both client and therapist can mutually agree upon goals. During the process of therapy, depending on the client's needs, I use all of the various types of therapy I have studied, in order to help the client reach those goals. I offer a warm, supportive environment in which a client can feel safe confronting the difficult and sometimes painful situations which have brought them into therapy. Together,the client and I begin setting in motion a collaborative process in which I help clients find their own strengths and their own undiscovered ways to solve their problems. Often, I provide hope that solutions are possible, and that clients are not alone in dealing with these problems. Some clients have become hopeless and do not think there is a way at all to solve their problems. During the therapy, I find that clients often become aware of strengths they never knew they had, and ways of communicating they never knew they were capable of. In this way, even after the therapeutic sessions end, clients can continue to live happier and more productive lives.

Treatment Areas

Judy Fradin has experience treating the following areas: Adolescent Issues, Anxiety Disorders, Caregivers' Issues, Childhood Sexual Abuse Victims, Couples' Issues, Depression, Divorce, Domestic Violence Victims, Emotional Growth and Development, Family Systems, Grief, Identity Issues, Life Management Issues, Loneliness, Low Self-Esteem, Panic Attacks, Panic Disorders, Parenting Issues, Personality Disorders, Relationship Issues, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Thoughts and Women's Issues.

Treatment Modalities

Judy Fradin provides Client-Centered Psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Family Therapy, Goal-Oriented Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, Marriage Counseling, Parent Training and Psychodynamic Therapy. She works with Adolescents, Adults, Couples and Families.

Affiliations

Judy Fradin is a provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield and Creative Care Mgt..