About Justen
Justen Gross welcomes people who are tired of feeling stuck and want straightforward help for relationship and life problems. He is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience in North Carolina. He focuses on building confidence, improving communication, and managing anxiety, stress, or depression with practical steps you can try between sessions.
He starts by listening to the whole story and helping people notice their strengths. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most, set simple goals, and practice skills that reduce stress and improve connections with others.
How Justen works
He describes the client as the expert in their life and works alongside them rather than directing every choice. Justen draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address issues such as attachment, codependency, grief, and trauma-related reactions. He also helps with relationship problems, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and challenges like anger or impulsivity.
When career or caregiver stress shows up, he helps clients make clearer decisions and boundaries. People can expect a supportive, no-nonsense approach that combines talk, practical coaching, and homework tailored to daily life. Sessions are aimed at making progress that feels sensible and achievable.
He encourages small changes that add up to meaningful improvement over time. Throughout his work he emphasizes compassion fatigue and caregiver stress, fatherhood concerns, and the effects of abandonment or infidelity on trust. His practice centers on helping people rebuild trust in themselves and their relationships while moving toward clearer priorities and better emotional balance.
What Justen works with
The areas below are the ones Justen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
Justen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One common approach involves building coping skills for anxiety and stress through step-by-step practice and behavioral strategies that reduce immediate overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on attachment and relationship issues, helping people identify patterns in how they connect, communicate, and respond to conflict so they can try new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. He will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they experiment with techniques and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the person’s life and priorities.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visuals for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, on-the-go coaching, or pacing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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