Josh Holbrook

Josh Holbrook is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and related concerns. He also addresses trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, sleep and eating struggles, parenting strain, ADHD, and challenges with self-esteem and career change.

Josh aims to make the counseling space calm and approachable. He focuses on making people feel comfortable enough to talk honestly. Sessions emphasize practical steps and small skills people can use between meetings.

He uses cognitive behavioral therapy as a central tool and draws on dialectical behavior techniques, attachment ideas, and client-centered methods. That means working on thoughts and behaviors, building emotion regulation skills, and paying attention to how relationships shape experience. He also brings existential perspectives when people are wrestling with meaning or big life questions.

Josh has three years of formal experience as an LPC and several additional years working in community mental health settings. That background involved supporting people facing trauma, legal challenges, motivation problems, and major life transitions.

In sessions he emphasizes collaboration and plain language. He encourages practical goals, skills practice, and gradual changes that fit everyday life. People who want straightforward coaching on coping, habits, and managing strong emotions may find his style useful.

How therapy methods translate to online work

Many of Josh's methods are well suited to an online setting. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and practicing new coping strategies; online sessions can include homework and skill practice between meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides concrete tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which translate into step-by-step exercises and skill coaching during sessions. Attachment-based ideas explore how relationships shape feelings and reactions, helping people notice patterns and try new ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they adjust methods as progress and needs become clearer rather than locking into a single path from the start.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people appreciate being able to continue steady skill practice between meetings, and therapists often use shared worksheets, coaching, and goal tracking that work well across distance.