Getting the most out of work, daily life and the purpose of your life is what Judith is about. At the core of who you are is your uniqueness, your greatness, and your soul reason for being! Judith coaches and collaborates with leaders, managers, frontline supervisors, and professionals in the healthcare and business sectors. She also enjoys working with public figures, young adults, and people from all walks of life to support them in realizing their aspirations.

My passion is in supporting you to achieve your best!

Judith enjoys humor and exhibits a holistic, straightforward approach to her coaching and consulting endeavors. She is perceptive to her clients’ needs and collaborative in working with them to achieve optimal results.

Dr. Holder is the founder and executive director of Unique Pathway Coaching and Consulting Services: Inspiring You to Be Your Best, which is dedicated to providing customized coaching and consulting services. As a coaching and consulting specialist, she is committed to supporting professionals in one or all four domains: executive-leadership enhancement, personal development, spiritual inquisitiveness, and women new leading in their new roles.

Dr. Judith

Her method of coaching is an artistry she has honed over the past several decades, and she encourages her coaching clients to achieve results in gaining leadership advantage, work resilience, personal power effectiveness and/or mind-body-spirit integrity.

Since 1985, Judith has worked in the healthcare, human service, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. Judith’s passion is to empower leaders, professionals, teams and organizations to maximize their potential. She uses her clinical skills to coach, consult and collaborate with leaders and managers on the people skills needed to lead effectively, and the psychosocial factors impacting employee sub-optimal performance and well-being.

In her 24 years at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, she served as a fellow, faculty member, assistant director and, since 2000, a director in the Duke Occupational Mental Health Programs, known as the Duke Employee Assistance Program (Duke EAP). In 2002, she diversified services to form the Duke Professional and Personal Development Program (Duke PPDP) fee-for-services in the areas of short-term counseling, coaching, consultations, trainings and workshops, and in 2015 conceptualized, designed and provided specialized coaching and consultation services to Duke and surrounding communities through the Duke Leadership and Enhancement (LEAD) Program for physicians, nurses, allied healthcare, corporate and administrative professionals. In 2019, Dr. Holder retired from Duke and has garnered a wealth of knowledge and experiences during her tenure as a full-time faculty member.

Dr. Judith Holder

Executive, Leadership & Communication Coach

Dr. Holder is the founder and executive director of Unique Pathways™ in Durham, North Carolina. Coaching and consulting with healthcare and corporate professionals are her passion and primary focus. Judith also continues to spend some time in the Duke School of Medicine as the Associate Director of Professional and Personal Enhancements and an advisor in Duke’s Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) Program and as a leadership development coach and educator for full- and junior- faculty members.

Education and Credentials

Dr. Holder received her doctorate in counseling psychology with a focus on stress management from Southern Illinois University and a master’s of science degree in systems dynamics (marriage and family therapy and community development) from the University of Maryland-College Park. As a former American Psychological Association and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health fellow, Judith is one of the few psychologists clinically trained as an Occupational Health Psychologist in the United States.
Judith has specialized training in personal/life, professional, executive, leadership, physician/healthcare, team and business coaching. She also has a specialty in communication, specifically in the neuroscience of conversations, which she integrates into her coaching and consulting engagements with clientele in corporate and healthcare settings. Dr. Holder is a licensed psychologist, Board Certified Coach (BCC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). Dr. Holder has certifications in physician development, conversational intelligence®, People Map™ Systems, and Team Coaching (TCI®). Download Dr. Holder’s Executive Coach Summary Profile here.

About Dr. Judith’s Education and Credentials

Early Stages

Dr. Holder received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology with a focus on stress management from Southern Illinois University and a master’s of science degree in Systems Dynamics (Marriage and Family Therapy and Community Development) from the University of Maryland-College Park. As a former American Psychological Association and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health fellow, Judith is one of the few psychologists’ clinically trained as an Occupational Health Psychologist in the United States.

2006

Early Stages

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2014

Award-Winning

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2016

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