Justine Liptock

Justine Liptock is a licensed clinical social worker with over thirty years of experience in the field of social work. She has worked in a variety of settings including mental health, addiction, and most recently hospice. She has her clinical license in Pennsylvania and has practiced in Florida and California. As a psychotherapist, Justine has worked with individuals, couples, and groups. She received Bachelors degrees in Spanish and Social Welfare from Penn State University, and a Masters in Social Work degree from San Jose State University in California. In 2012 Justine completed fifty hours of trauma-informed continuing education for Post Traumatic Stress Disorders with Drexel University College of Medicine and Behavioral Health. 

Justine is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, and a member American Association of Christian Counselors in the past. She also holds the distinction of being in the Academy of Certified Social Workers. Justine assists other social workers in achieving their professional best by providing them with clinical supervision in order to obtain their clinical license. 

Justine‘s focus is to help those who struggle with anxiety and depression, grief and loss, and the aging process. She uses cognitive-behavioral and strengths-based approaches. Justine believes in the power of faith and the use of spirituality and humor to cope with life’s challenges. 

Justine’s interests include hiking, biking, kayaking, traveling, visiting the beaches of southwest Florida, writing, and reading. She believes her own life experiences such as dealing with her husband’s death from cancer have made her a more effective and empathic clinician. Her most rewarding and challenging job has been being a mother to her two sons.