About Joshua
Joshua Rotkin is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 17 years of experience. He helps people facing trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting stress, addiction concerns, and questions about sexuality and identity. Joshua emphasizes practical support and clear steps when life feels overwhelming.
He approaches sessions believing each person knows their story best. He asks questions, listens carefully, and helps clients build on their strengths. Conversations focus on realistic goals and small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Joshua has experience working with trauma and abuse, including work with older adults. He also addresses issues that come up around adoption, blended families, caregiving stress, and aging. He brings attention to how identity, culture, and life stage shape someone’s challenges.
In session he uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s priorities. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking, and solution-focused work to map out next steps. This mix helps people move from feeling stuck to taking practical action.
Joshua holds a Connecticut LCSW number CT LCSW 014621 and a New York LCSW number NY LCSW 088181. He offers appointments in English and welcomes people from outside the U.S. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Joshua uses client-centered therapy to make sessions driven by the person’s goals. That approach means the therapist listens closely, follows the client’s lead, and helps highlight strengths and choices that fit the client’s life.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD-related struggles, and unhelpful thinking by teaching practical strategies and homework exercises.
Solution-focused therapy is part of the mix to help people map small, achievable steps. It focuses on what is already working and builds concrete next steps to move forward rather than dwelling on problems.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Joshua will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust plans as progress is made. He treats the choice of approach as a collaborative decision based on needs and preferences.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be a quick check-in with lower bandwidth needs, and chat or text are helpful for shorter updates or when typing feels easier. These options offer flexibility to keep up with sessions around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New York, Connecticut
- Languages
- English