About Joseph
Joseph Hakim is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, phobias, and other concerns. He offers straightforward support for mood changes, grief, relationship and intimacy worries, and substance use challenges. His style is warm and conversational to make first steps feel easier for someone who is nervous about reaching out.
Joseph earned a master's degree in clinical mental health from Hawaii Pacific University and holds the LMHC credential.
Background and approach
He has six years of experience in counseling, including work with people facing trauma, panic, bipolar symptoms, and eating or sleeping difficulties. He also addresses issues like abandonment, body image, and caregiver stress. In sessions he draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients spot patterns and try new responses.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help making changes around substance use or health behaviors. He adapts methods to fit each person's goals and comfort level. Joseph keeps language plain and practical.
He focuses on small, achievable steps that reduce symptoms and improve daily life. He also helps people sort through difficult emotions like guilt, shame, or isolation so they feel less stuck. Based in Hawaii, he offers multiple formats for meeting, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Services are provided in English and are available to international clients when schedules align.
How therapy approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy is built around the person in the room. The therapist listens closely, reflects what he hears, and follows the client's lead to build trust and clarity. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to sort out feelings like grief, shame, or loneliness.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions focus on spotting thinking patterns, testing them, and trying new actions that reduce panic, worry, or avoidance related to phobias and anxiety.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joseph will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. He adjusts methods over time based on what helps most, so the plan evolves with the client's progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls are useful when you want face-to-face interaction, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while balancing work, family, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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