About Joshua
Joshua Sheets is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with nine years of therapy experience. He focuses on helping people make practical changes when stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or relationship strain make daily life harder. Joshua uses clear, down-to-earth language and aims to help clients take small steps toward lasting difference.
He combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to shift unhelpful thoughts and habits.
How Joshua works
Sessions often include setting small goals, trying new behaviors between meetings, and noticing what works. The emphasis is on concrete skills that people can use right away. Joshua pays attention to the whole person, including physical health, values, relationships, and emotions.
He has worked with people dealing with trauma, chronic pain, parenting challenges, career stress, anger, and motivation problems. He also supports those navigating sleep issues, intimacy concerns, and mood disorders. Therapy with Joshua is intended to be collaborative.
He gives honest, nonjudgmental feedback and expects clients to try agreed steps between sessions. The goal is to build skills that help with current problems and prepare for future challenges. Joshua describes change as a series of small gains that add up over time.
He frames progress like finding flecks of gold that together form a nugget. That approach guides sessions toward practical, manageable shifts rather than long, open-ended treatment.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Joshua uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, turning overwhelming problems into specific, testable steps. Mindfulness Therapy is used to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to stress, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood issues. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, practical goals and quick experiments that can produce noticeable improvements between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Joshua will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then try methods that fit. He treats the process as collaborative and adjusts techniques based on what proves helpful in practice.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video sessions let people use visual cues and engage in deeper conversation, while phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between meetings or fit a brief session into a busy day. These formats make it simpler to receive consistent support without extensive travel or time away from other responsibilities.
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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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