About Jose
Jose Baltazar is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Illinois. He brings a focused, practical approach to therapy and centers sessions on the person in front of him. He aims to create calm, steady space where clients can talk through what’s hardest to manage right now.
Jose has three years of professional experience as an LCSW. He draws from a mix of methods to meet different needs, including client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral strategies.
How Jose works
Sessions are adaptable and guided by what helps a person feel understood and able to make changes. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. He also works with concerns about addiction, intimacy and relationship struggles, parenting stress, bipolar mood patterns, and ADHD.
Additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment issues, control problems, life purpose, and process addictions such as gambling or pornography. In the therapy room Jose listens first and then offers practical tools. That might mean learning skills to manage panic, practicing techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, or using mindfulness to reduce reactivity.
He also uses methods drawn from the Gottman approach for relationship and intimacy-related work when appropriate. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Jose lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Jose works with
The areas below are the ones Jose selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches for online work and practical skill building
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. The therapist aims to reflect what matters most to the client and help them find their own solutions, which can be useful for stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, panic, depression, and coping with life changes by breaking problems into clear steps and practicing new responses.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotional regulation and distress-tolerance skills. It helps people manage intense emotions, reduce reactive behavior, and build healthier ways of relating to others.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to match methods to the person’s goals and day-to-day needs, and will adjust strategies as progress is made. This teamwork helps find the best path rather than sticking to a single method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful when visual cues matter, phone calls work when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing short communication. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and keep continuity between meetings.
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