About Joshua
Joshua Blackburn is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults navigate stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. He works with people who need clear, practical strategies and a steady presence during difficult times. Joshua brings six years of clinical experience and a straightforward, compassionate style to sessions.
He prefers to start by listening. Joshua asks about current struggles, daily routines, and what the client wants to change. From there he uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and plain explanations to build goals and steps toward them.
How Joshua works
Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings as well as exploring patterns that keep problems going. Joshua has experience supporting people with aging and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, and caregiving-related stress. He also addresses communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, fatherhood concerns, and other family of origin matters.
He works with issues such as guilt, shame, infidelity, and questions about life purpose and midlife shifts. Therapy sessions are practical and collaborative. Joshua helps clients try new ways of handling anxiety and difficult conversations.
He checks in on progress and adjusts plans when needed. The goal is clearer thinking, fewer overwhelming moments, and stronger day-to-day coping. Joshua holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and is licensed in Tennessee and Virginia.
He offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging options.
What Joshua works with
The areas below are the ones Joshua selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How evidence-based approaches fit online care
Joshua uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on teaching coping skills for anxiety and depression, such as breathing exercises, activity planning, and breaking problems into smaller steps; these techniques help reduce overwhelming feelings and build daily routines. Another approach emphasizes communication skills and problem-solving for relationship and family of origin challenges, teaching ways to express needs, set boundaries, and manage conflict without escalating tensions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Joshua collaborates with each person to identify goals, tries methods that match those goals, and adjusts the plan based on what helps. This shared decision-making makes it easier to find techniques that feel useful and doable in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins during a break, and text-based messaging lets people reflect and respond on their own schedule. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other obligations while still using evidence-based techniques.
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