About Joshua
Joshua Sheets is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina with nine years of therapy experience. He helps people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and the stresses of daily life. Joshua focuses on practical change and clear steps that fit into busy schedules.
He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused approaches. Sessions aim to spot small, useful shifts in thinking and behavior. Joshua encourages people to build on their strengths and try brief, manageable experiments between meetings.
Background and approach
Joshua pays attention to the whole person. He considers physical health, spiritual values, relationships, and emotions when shaping a plan. That means conversations can include sleep, work stress, parenting concerns, or ongoing health issues as they relate to mood and functioning.
Therapy with him is different from talking to friends. He offers direct, unbiased feedback and practical suggestions. Honesty and willingness to try agreed steps between sessions make the work more effective.
Many clients find meaningful change without long-term therapy. Joshua focuses on skills that help people solve current problems and handle future challenges. He is ready to support people who want coaching on career, intimacy, coping with trauma, ADHD, or mood disorders and who prefer a hands-on, goal-oriented approach.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Joshua draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thought patterns and the behaviors that follow. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday problems where thoughts and actions keep a problem going.He also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Mindfulness helps reduce rumination, improve sleep, and bring more calm to stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Joshua will talk through goals and preferences and recommend techniques that match the person and their situation. Decisions about focus and pace are collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a shorter check-in. Live chat or text messaging can fit into busy days and allow for brief coaching, homework review, or quick problem-solving between longer sessions.
These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, parenting, or health needs while keeping the same therapeutic methods that guide in-person care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English