Josh Holbrook
Compassionate, practical counseling focused on skills and growth
LPC Virginia
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Josh
Josh Holbrook is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, self-esteem struggles, anger, parenting challenges, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related issues.
Background and approach
He emphasizes helping clients cope with life changes and building practical skills for everyday functioning. Josh draws on nearly a decade of experience in community mental health settings where he worked with people navigating complex life circumstances and significant losses.
He centers the therapeutic relationship on creating comfort and openness, aiming to meet clients where they are and collaborate toward personalized goals. Josh primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and integrates elements from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, existential perspectives, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered techniques to form treatment plans grounded in best-practice models recognized in Virginia.
He values evidence-informed care and ongoing professional learning, and he has experience assisting clients who have faced legal challenges. Josh communicates in English and offers services to adults in Virginia under the credential LPC (VA LPC 0701006953).
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Josh often uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical strategies for managing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on changing patterns of thinking and behavior to improve daily functioning. He also draws from attachment-based therapy, which explores how early relationships affect current emotional patterns and helps build healthier ways of relating to oneself and others. Client-centered therapy appears in his work as well, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental stance that emphasizes the client's own goals and personal strengths.Finding the right approach is collaborative; Josh works with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. He blends techniques as appropriate and adjusts the plan over time, inviting feedback so the therapeutic process stays aligned with what the client finds most helpful.
Online sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which allows for scheduling flexibility and access from different locations within Virginia. These formats make it easier to integrate therapy into busy lives while maintaining continuity of care, and they support a range of interactions from real-time conversations to written reflections depending on client preference.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Licensed
Virginia
Languages
English