About Joshua
Joshua "Josh" Jouza focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood disorders, relationship difficulties, addiction concerns, and trauma-related issues. He brings a direct and empathetic presence to sessions, aiming to understand each person's experience and to partner with them in finding practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Josh combines his clinical training with a calm, problem-solving orientation to support clients facing challenges such as depression, bipolar disorder, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and struggles with boundaries or isolation.
Josh earned a Master of Science in Counseling from National Louis University in 2014 after completing a bachelor’s degree in Applied Sociology and Political Science at Lewis University.
Early in his career he completed a yearlong internship at the Counseling Center of Illinois where he led state-mandated substance abuse groups and anger management programming, and provided counseling for DUI offenders.
Over more than a decade in the field he has continued community outreach and crisis work, and now holds an Illinois LCPC credential - IL LCPC 180011248. He frames therapy around respect, practical tools, and collaborative goal-setting to help clients move toward healthier patterns.
Approaches and Online Care That Support Practical Change
Client-centered therapy prioritizes the individual's own perspective, offering attentive listening and collaboration to build trust and clarify goals. This approach is useful for people seeking understanding and a compassionate space to explore emotions, relationships, and life transitions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured techniques and skill-building. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, mood regulation, and sleep or anger difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and the therapist will work together with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying techniques from different models and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to access care around work and life commitments. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide regular support, teach practical skills, and maintain continuity of care for people balancing busy schedules or who prefer remote options.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English