About Trudy
Trudy Buckman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience who practices from Kentucky. She is a US Air Force veteran and has long worked with people facing grief, trauma, anxiety, and stress. Trudy aims to help people find practical ways to cope and move forward.
She spent many years in hospice care supporting people at the end of life and those who mourn. Trudy also worked in a psychiatrist's office where she supported people living with anxiety, ADHD, depression, and mood-related concerns.
Background and approach
That breadth of experience shaped a calm, steady style. Trudy uses a client-centered approach that starts with what each person needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to create short-term tools and longer-term changes.
Trauma-focused methods are used when past events are affecting daily life. She is comfortable including faith in sessions when a client wants that, and she also respects different beliefs or none at all. Trudy often brings humor into conversations when it is helpful and fitting.
Sessions aim to be practical. People can expect to talk through current problems, try coping strategies, and set small goals they can use between meetings. The focus is on helping people handle stress, panic, grief, relationship strain, and life changes in ways that feel doable.
Trudy’s background as a veteran and years in hospice give her experience with caregiving stress, trauma, and end-of-life issues. She works in English and provides online session formats that include video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy begins by listening to the individual's concerns and letting their goals shape the work. It helps people feel heard and involved in choosing the path forward.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, panic, mood shifts, and for building practical coping tools that can be practiced between sessions.
Trauma-focused therapy addresses how past events continue to affect daily life and teaches strategies to reduce distress and improve functioning. It can be used when memories or reactions from earlier harm are getting in the way of present-day life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to select methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions can shift over time as goals evolve.
Online formats offer practical benefits for ongoing care. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit support into a busy day and to follow up between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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