About Joshua
Joshua Heying is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. He uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood swings, relationship strain, and other everyday struggles. Joshua writes plainly and focuses on clear goals people can work toward between sessions.
Joshua brings eight years of professional experience to his work. He has a background in community mental health and crisis intervention and has spent time in residential treatment and school-related settings.
How Joshua works
That experience informs how he plans treatment and responds to urgent concerns. He blends several therapeutic approaches to suit individual needs. Joshua draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive-behavioral strategies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and client-centered methods.
He uses these tools to help people build skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and making value-based choices. Joshua often supports people facing depression, bipolar symptoms, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related issues. He also addresses concerns such as body image, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and challenges tied to identity and relationships.
Sessions focus on concrete steps and coping skills as well as understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. He offers sessions in English and practices in North Carolina. Joshua emphasizes a collaborative process where people set the pace and shape the goals.
The aim is steady progress and more workable days.
Joshua lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Joshua's approaches work online
Joshua often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide people toward actions that match their values. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful steps, which can help with depression, anxiety, and life transitions.He also uses cognitive-behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with practical strategies. CBT is useful for coping with anxiety, mood symptoms, sleep problems, and addictive patterns. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to build awareness and reduce reactivity to stressors.
Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Joshua works collaboratively to match methods to each person's goals and preferences. He checks in about what is or isn't working and adjusts the plan over time so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, between-session support, and flexibility for people with busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into real life while using the same therapeutic approaches discussed above.
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