About Joshua
Joshua Plantz is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 23 years of experience. He focuses on helping adults handle stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and bipolar disorder. He also helps people cope with trauma, abusive relationships, and life transitions.
Joshua uses straightforward methods and works with each person to set clear goals. He trained in psychology at Clemson University and completed a graduate degree in mental health counseling at Nova Southeastern University.
Background and approach
Over two decades of practice have given him wide experience with addiction and recovery, mood disorders, and trauma-related concerns. He commonly helps people who are struggling with self-esteem, anger, codependency, and co-occurring issues. Joshua favors collaborative, solution-focused work.
Sessions often include cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of thinking and behaving. He brings motivational interviewing and client-centered conversation when people need help clarifying goals or deciding on change. The work tends to be practical and paced to the client's needs.
Joshua helps people break big problems into smaller steps they can manage. He offers coaching-style support for career and parenting stress alongside clinical care for depression and anxiety. People looking for help with phobias, smoking or vaping cessation, ADHD, or young adult issues will find relevant experience in his background.
Sessions are offered in English and Joshua accepts international clients who want remote options from Florida.
Approaches that fit online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person's own goals and experience, using respectful listening and questions to help someone decide what matters most and how to move forward. It helps with motivation and clarity during life changes or when facing relationship and parenting stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and patterns and testing new behaviors. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, phobias, and many stress-related problems because it breaks issues into manageable steps.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices so people can notice difficult feelings without being overwhelmed. It pairs well with CBT when anxiety, stress, or trauma symptoms make concentration and calm difficult.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Joshua will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. Together they set small, practical steps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, school, or caregiving. Video calls let the therapist and client use face-to-face interaction for skills practice and detailed conversation. Phone sessions can be a good fit when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, progress notes, and quick support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep steady momentum on goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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