About Jose
Jose Baltazar is an Illinois-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with three years of professional experience who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy difficulties, depression, addictions, and trauma.
Background and approach
He blends evidence-based interventions and client-centered care to support individuals dealing with grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and complex issues such as attachment wounds, abandonment, and family of origin problems. His practice also addresses process addictions and panic-related concerns, as well as multicultural and life-purpose questions.
Jose favors an approach that centers the client's perspective while drawing on practical skills from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical strategies and relational methods such as the Gottman Method. He aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore emotions, examine patterns, and develop coping tools that fit their daily lives.
His work emphasizes collaboration, helping clients clarify goals and try concrete techniques for symptom reduction and improved relationships. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online to serve people across Illinois, with a subscription-based scheduling model that can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Jose uses client-centered therapy to prioritize the individual's experience, focusing on empathy, active listening, and building a collaborative relationship so clients feel heard and supported as they explore goals and values. He also incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a practical approach that identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to manage anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems. Mindfulness therapy is woven in as well to help people develop present-moment awareness and emotional regulation skills that can reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress and trauma.
Deciding which methods to use is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then adapts techniques over time so the plan fits what is most effective and comfortable for the client. This shared approach helps clients try strategies and revise them as progress unfolds.
Online therapy with options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for scheduling and communication. These formats allow clients to access licensed professionals from home or other locations within Illinois, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing daily responsibilities and travel constraints.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English