About Joshua
Joshua Elledge is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and relationship struggles. He meets clients where they are and treats the decision to seek help as a brave first step. Joshua aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can begin to make sense of what they are facing.
Joshua uses a client-centered and collaborative style. He listens first and helps people set goals that matter to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps, skills practice, and small changes that build over time. He emphasizes realistic strategies people can try between meetings. He draws on cognitive behavioral tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward chosen values. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are taught for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Joshua has four years of counseling experience and holds the LPC credential, Licensed Professional Counselor.
His work covers a broad range of concerns, including trauma, family-of-origin issues, addiction, anger, and career stress. He also supports people facing isolation, codependency, and issues around forgiveness or guilt. Sessions are offered in English and are provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People can expect a straightforward, practical approach focused on what they want to change. Joshua helps clients build tools they can use in everyday life.
How Joshua’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without fighting them and to take actions that match their values. It can help when anxiety, depression, or painful memories get in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and problem-solving everyday challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Joshua works collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. He will adjust the plan as therapy progresses and invite feedback so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, or ongoing support when scheduling a call is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English