About Jonathan
Jonathan Goelz, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and self-esteem struggles. He aims to make the first step feel manageable and clear for someone worried about change. He uses straightforward conversation to learn what matters to each person.
Sessions focus on practical strategies and small steps that fit daily life. He adapts plans to match where someone is right now rather than following a fixed script. Jonathan brings ten years of professional experience to his practice and holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential.
Background and approach
He has worked with people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also supports those dealing with career stress, parenting pressures, and ADHD-related struggles. His approach draws on several therapeutic styles including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, and cognitive behavioral tools.
That mix helps address patterns of thought, emotional reactions, and relationship habits in practical ways. He also uses dialectical skills when someone needs help managing strong emotions or impulsive behaviors. Jonathan offers sessions that can be scheduled around a person's life.
He encourages open conversation and a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. The goal is to help people build useful coping skills and clearer direction, one step at a time.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and commit to actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors, which often helps with anxiety, stress, and mood symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions, which can help with intimacy issues and relationship conflict.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan until it fits the person's circumstances and goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people read facial cues and use screen-shared worksheets. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into short breaks. Live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins, homework, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let therapy fit around work, caregiving, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California, Florida, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, New York
- Languages
- English
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