About Joshua
Joshua Heying is an LCSW who focuses on helping people manage stress, mood concerns, and everyday life challenges. He works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship struggles, and ADHD. Joshua keeps language direct and practical so people can understand what therapy will look like.
He brings eight years of practice in clinical settings and community care across North Carolina. His background includes crisis intervention, school-based work, residential settings, and support for LGBT concerns.
Background and approach
That variety helps him tailor sessions to problems that come up in daily life, like sleep, eating, parenting strain, or work stress. Joshua uses approaches that include acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, client-centered methods, and mindfulness. In sessions he focuses on clear goals, skills practice, and noticing what matters most to each person.
He aims for short, useful steps rather than long lists of clinical terms. Clients can expect conversations that prioritize a respectful, trusting connection. Joshua listens for patterns that get in the way and offers tools to try between sessions.
He also addresses deeper concerns such as attachment issues, dissociation, or grief when they affect daily functioning. Joshua offers therapy in English and works with people on a range of life adjustments, including career changes, parenting stresses, and intimacy-related worries. He describes therapy as a collaborative process and helps people shape plans that fit their goals and daily routines.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where someone wants clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and practicing new responses to reduce symptoms and improve functioning. That approach often helps with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person’s goals lead sessions and the therapist follows their pace.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joshua will listen to your concerns, talk through options, and try methods that match your goals and daily life. He encourages feedback so strategies can be adjusted over time to fit what works best for you.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be helpful for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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