Judea Castillo Winter
Compassionate, practical therapy for life's transitions
LCSW, LISW Ohio
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Judea
Judea Castillo Winter integrates a humanistic, strength-based stance with practical, evidence-informed techniques to help clients navigate life’s challenges. She emphasizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered work to identify unhelpful patterns, build coping skills, and foster clearer thinking about relationships, mood, and purpose.
Background and approach
With a background in social work and 12 years of clinical practice, Judea draws on a range of approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. Licensed as an LCSW and an LISW, she brings experience addressing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and intimacy-related concerns.
Her scope also includes career and workplace issues, eating and self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, and coaching for life transitions. Judea pays attention to challenges that often intersect life stages, such as caregiving stress, divorce and separation, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and questions of meaning and midlife purpose.
She speaks English and practices from Ohio, offering a collaborative therapeutic stance that treats clients as experts on their lives while providing structure and tools when needed. Judea aims to help people move from feeling stuck toward clearer goals and greater emotional balance.
Approach-Driven Online Care for Skills and Healing
Judea uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete strategies for managing symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on client-centered principles that emphasize empathy and collaboration, helping clients explore their values and strengths as the foundation for change. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is another tool in her practice that focuses on building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills when emotions feel overwhelming.Deciding on the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Judea works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and life context, then recommends and adjusts techniques so the care fits individual needs rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy provides practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to attend sessions from home or work and to maintain continuity during busy or transitional periods. These formats support regular skill practice and timely check-ins, allowing licensed professionals to deliver structured, accessible care tailored to each client's pace and schedule.
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Experience
12+ years
Licensed
Ohio, Montana, Kentucky
Languages
English