About Jonathan
Jonathan Goelz is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. He reaches out to clients who want clearer boundaries, better self-esteem, or help coping with life changes. He also supports concerns like grief, intimacy issues, eating and body image, ADHD, and career struggles.
He works in a respectful and nonjudgmental way. Sessions are built around each person’s goals and what feels practical for their life.
Background and approach
Jonathan listens first, then suggests tools and small experiments people can try between meetings. Jonathan blends several approaches to fit the person in front of him. He uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take action.
He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Attachment- and client-centered perspectives shape how he builds trust and explores relationship patterns. He has worked across different settings over the past decade and uses that experience to offer plain-language guidance.
Jonathan is licensed as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and holds license numbers NY LCSW 101695 and CA LCSW 119178. He is based in Georgia and conducts sessions in English. People who choose him typically want a practical, collaborative approach.
He aims to make therapy feel like a steady conversation with clear next steps. The focus is on progress that fits daily life and the client’s priorities.
How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions
Jonathan uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people name their values and take small steps that match what matters to them; this approach is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to map how past relationships shape current patterns and to practice different ways of relating; it can help with intimacy and communication concerns. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and create practical behavior changes for mood and anxiety issues.Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. Jonathan will talk through goals, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to use and how sessions should progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for full sessions and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins, skills practice, or when a shorter interaction fits into a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family, or travel while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California, Florida, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, New York
- Languages
- English