About Joshua
Joshua Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with seven years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, anger, and career challenges. Joshua aims to create a calm, judgment-free space where clients can be themselves and talk about what matters most.
He uses practical, everyday language in sessions so people can act on what they learn. Joshua draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change routines that keep problems going.
Background and approach
He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify personal values and take small steps toward them. Joshua combines client-centered listening with motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. That means he listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps people find their own reasons to move forward.
He pays attention to issues like attachment, abandonment, and communication struggles alongside anxiety and mood concerns. Session work often includes short action plans, experiments to try between meetings, and realistic goal-setting. For people dealing with panic, phobias, or social anxiety, Joshua works on gradual exposure and skill practice at a comfortable pace.
He also supports discussions about life purpose, guilt, forgiveness, and men’s issues when those topics come up. Joshua offers online formats to fit busy schedules and helps clients pick tools and steps that match their lives. He aims to make therapy useful and accessible for those ready to change.
Practical approaches for online growth
Joshua commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT often includes simple experiments, short practice exercises, and step-by-step plans that translate well to online sessions.He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify what matters to them and take committed action toward those values. ACT focuses on accepting hard feelings while still moving toward meaningful life choices, which can be helpful for fears, phobias, and life-direction questions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joshua works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. He checks in about what helps and adjusts plans as therapy progresses so work stays useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills together, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are handy for brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or coordinating steps between meetings. These options make it possible to continue steady work even with a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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