About Joshua
Dr. Joshua Smith is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship struggles. He approaches each person as a partner in therapy and focuses on practical steps people can use in daily life.
He believes change happens when a person and a therapist work together. In sessions he listens first, then offers tools and exercises tailored to each person's situation. He emphasizes clear goals and small actions that build confidence over time.
Background and approach
Dr. Smith uses several approaches to fit different needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thoughts and acceptance-based ideas to help people live by their values.
Attachment-based work guides conversations about how past relationships shape present patterns. Across 17 years of practice he has supported people through addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and depression. He also addresses related issues such as abandonment, communication problems, codependency, body image, caregiver stress, and blended family strain.
Sessions are conversational and aimed at real-life change. People can expect clear explanations of techniques, practice tasks between sessions, and a steady focus on what matters most to the client. Dr.
Smith frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s decisions drive progress.
How these therapy approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while still taking steps toward a life they value. It can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and depression by focusing on actions that match personal priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches skills to change unhelpful cycles. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and problems that involve strong negative thinking. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences shape present-day patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating and feeling supported.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit. That makes sessions feel more like a shared plan than a one-size-fits-all program.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not convenient, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel, and let people pick the format that helps them engage with the work most consistently.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- 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
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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