- Years in practice
- 17
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English, Hebrew
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Joshua
Joshua Siskin is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 17 years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical steps parents can use to manage stress, anxiety, sleep issues, and parenting challenges. Joshua speaks English and Hebrew and works with people from California and beyond.
He takes a solution-oriented approach that centers on what helps now. Sessions usually focus on clear, doable strategies rather than lengthy probes into the past.
Background and approach
He aims to highlight each person's strengths and build on skills they already have. Joshua draws on several evidence-informed methods to shape sessions. He uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify personal values.
He also brings Attachment-Based and client-centered ideas to help people feel heard and understood. In practical terms Joshua will work with a client to set small goals and rehearse new ways of responding to stress, anger, or relationship strain. He often teaches short exercises for managing anxiety, improving sleep, and handling parenting stress between sessions.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which lets people choose the format that fits their day. He emphasizes a collaborative process - clients and therapist decide together what to try next. Joshua describes his role as a partner in change.
He helps people notice strengths, wake up motivation, and take steady steps toward feeling better and meeting daily demands.
What Joshua works with
Everything Joshua lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Joshua helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joshua lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Joshua's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice worries and stay connected to what matters to them. It uses simple exercises to build values-driven action and is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and homework, which can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and help with sleep problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joshua will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as progress is observed. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful as therapy continues.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and exercise demonstrations. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and keep momentum on skill practice. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare, or travel while still using ACT and CBT tools in everyday life.
Questions people ask about Joshua
What concerns does Joshua commonly help with?
He addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career issues, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Joshua uses a solution-focused, practical style that emphasizes small steps and skills people can use between sessions.
How much experience does he have?
He has 17 years of experience as a mental health professional working with a wide range of issues.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing from California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with him?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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