About Joshua
Joshua Mondary is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with eight years of clinical experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and grief. Joshua meets clients with a straightforward, supportive style and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
He values the client’s knowledge of their own life and draws on that insight when building goals. Sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth.
How Joshua works
Joshua uses questions and brief exercises to help people notice patterns, test new behaviors, and build confidence. Joshua blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to target unhelpful thoughts and to strengthen present-moment coping. He also uses motivational interviewing to help people find internal reasons to change and solution-focused ideas to set clear, achievable goals.
Psychodynamic concepts inform how past patterns can show up in relationships and daily choices. People working with Joshua can expect concrete tools for managing anxiety, strategies for setting boundaries, and steps for improving communication. He offers ways to approach parenting stress, blended family concerns, addiction recovery, and life transitions with clearer plans.
Sessions aim to leave people feeling more capable of handling the next challenge. Joshua practices in California and conducts sessions in English. He recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and offers a steady, practical approach to help people move forward.
Joshua lists 5 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
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online counseling
Joshua commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT offers straightforward exercises and homework that translate well to online sessions and can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management.He also uses mindfulness therapy to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices can be guided over video or adapted to short audio or text prompts between meetings to support emotional regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Joshua will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences, and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for more interactive skill practice, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing motivation between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum during life transitions.
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