Josh Holbrook

Josh Holbrook is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor based in Virginia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and career questions. He meets each person where they are and focuses on creating a calm, respectful space to talk. He wants clients to feel comfortable enough to share honestly so they can move forward.

Josh draws on practical, evidence-informed methods in sessions. He often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. He also incorporates elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.

His background includes work in community mental health where he supported people with a wide range of problems. That work gave him experience with grief, addiction, attention and focus concerns, and people coping with major life changes. He has also worked with people who faced significant legal issues.

Josh favors straightforward, skills-based work when it fits a person’s goals. He blends motivational interviewing and strength-based strategies to help people find internal motivation and identify personal resources. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas often appear in sessions as short, usable practices.

He aims for a collaborative pace so clients set the direction and goals. If you want a counselor who emphasizes practical skills, clear steps, and respectful listening, he can explain how therapy might look for your particular situation.

How his approaches translate to online work

Josh commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in practical ways. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors so people can change how they feel and act. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to help with intense emotions and recurring patterns.

He also draws from attachment-based and client-centered ideas when helpful. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect present reactions, and client-centered methods prioritize the person’s own goals and pace. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client talk about goals, try approaches, and adjust work based on what feels useful.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which online formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow focused check-ins between other commitments. Some approaches lend themselves to at-home practice and brief skill drills, while others guide longer conversations. Josh will help match the pace and methods to your goals and daily life.