About Joseph
Joseph Kaiser is a New York State licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. He focuses on helping adults and young adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. He also works with people facing identity and LGBT issues, anger, career transitions, ADHD, and trauma-related worries.
Joseph keeps sessions direct and practical. He listens first, then helps clients set clear goals. He uses straightforward tools clients can try between sessions to reduce worry and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
In session he blends strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness with solution-focused techniques. That means he helps clients spot harmful thinking patterns, practice small behavior changes, and build skills for calmer responses. He can also bring in relationship-focused work when communication or commitment problems are a central concern.
Joseph has worked across many areas beyond core mood and anxiety concerns. His background includes work with abandonment and attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome, body image and self-esteem, and complex co-occurring issues. He is comfortable addressing sexual diversity topics including kink and alternative sexual cultures.
People who choose Joseph can expect a respectful, collaborative approach. He tailors plans to fit each person’s lifestyle and goals. He accepts international clients and conducts sessions from New York as a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC).
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Joseph commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which helps with anxiety, depression, and phobias. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can be useful when stress or anger feels overwhelming.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That choice can change over time as progress is made or new concerns arise.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or easier when video is not practical. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for check-ins, brief coaching, and supplementing longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use the tools learned in real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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