About Joshua
Joshua Rotkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 17 years of experience. He helps people facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, relationship and family challenges, addictions, grief, ADHD, parenting stress, and self-esteem struggles. Joshua centers sessions on the person in front of him.
He believes people know their own stories and brings a respectful, listening approach. Sessions focus on practical steps, clear goals, and building on strengths already present in everyday life.
How Joshua works
In practice he blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. That means he listens closely, helps reframe unhelpful thinking, and uses short-term goal setting to create change. Conversations can shift between exploring feelings and trying specific tools that can be used right away.
He has focused experience helping people who have experienced trauma and abuse, including work with older adults. He also works with adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, caregiving strain, and communication problems. Joshua pays attention to cultural context and sexuality as part of care.
Sessions are offered in English and Joshua accepts international clients. He supports people who want to address seasonal mood changes, isolation, fatherhood concerns, polyamory and other non-monogamous relationship questions, and other life stressors. He aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.
To begin, Joshua asks people to identify goals and small steps they can take between sessions. He focuses on what matters most to each person and adjusts methods to fit their needs.
Joshua lists 3 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.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and tailoring sessions to each person's experience. The therapist focuses on understanding your perspective, reflecting what matters, and building on the strengths you already have. This approach helps when people need space to tell their story and be heard.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. A therapist helps identify patterns and offers practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. This approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and mood changes like seasonal affective disorder.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on clear, short-term goals and small steps toward them. Sessions often include setting specific, achievable tasks to try between meetings and checking progress. It suits people who want concrete changes and quick strategies.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. He adapts methods over time, mixing listening, thought-focused exercises, and goal-setting to match individual needs.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling flexible. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits quick check-ins or notes between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy days and choose the format that helps them engage most effectively.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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