About Joshua
Joshua Cook is a licensed professional counselor in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He speaks plainly and listens for strengths people already have. He encourages small, practical steps and works with each person at their own pace.
Joshua approaches counseling as a collaborative process. He uses methods that focus on the person's goals and on changing unhelpful thoughts and habits. He also draws on mindfulness and skills training to manage strong emotions and improve daily routines like sleep.
Background and approach
His training began with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Economics from Texas A&M University. He earned a master’s degree in general psychology from Sam Houston State University and completed post-graduate counseling studies at Liberty University. Joshua’s early jobs included Mobile Crisis Outreach work and training public school teachers in Mental Health First Aid.
He has supported people on probation and parole as a counseling associate and case manager, and he ran psychoeducation groups at a Crisis Stabilization Unit. In independent practice roles he provided telehealth counseling to individuals, couples, children, and teens. That experience shaped his focus on practical tools, relapse prevention planning, building social support, and helping people create manageable change.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Joshua uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on the person’s perspective and priorities. This approach means the therapist listens closely, reflects what’s said, and helps clients shape goals that make sense for their lives. It can help anyone who wants support without feeling pushed into a specific plan.He also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. CBT helps people try small changes in thoughts and actions, then review what works. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used to manage intense emotions and improve coping strategies when stress, anger, or mood swings are interfering with daily life.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. Joshua will discuss different methods and try options that match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Together they’ll adjust the work as progress and challenges emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video works for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions, practice skills in real time, and get support from a licensed professional without traveling.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English