Joshua Heying
Practical therapy for family and life challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Joshua
Joshua Heying is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people handle everyday life more easily. He combines straightforward talk with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. The goal is to build a trusting relationship and then practice skills that fit real family and parenting demands.
He focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and family issues.
Background and approach
He also addresses concerns like grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, bipolar conditions, intimacy-related problems, sleeping and eating concerns, and ADHD. Joshua works in ways that match each person's needs rather than following a single template. Joshua has eight years of professional experience as an LCSW.
During that time he has worked in community mental health, crisis intervention, residential settings, and school-linked services. He has also supported issues related to LGBT experiences, parenting problems, blended family challenges, and personality-related concerns. In sessions he mixes practical skill-building with supportive conversation.
He may use cognitive strategies to change unhelpful patterns, mindfulness to manage distressing feelings, and acceptance-based work to clarify values and goals. Joshua aims to make therapy relevant to everyday routines and family life. He values clear communication and a collaborative plan.
If someone wants help sorting out parenting stress, relationship conflict, or coping with life changes, he works to create a realistic, step-by-step path forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit family life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters most to them and take committed steps toward those values. It uses simple exercises to reduce getting stuck on painful thoughts so clients can act in ways that match their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical techniques and homework exercises. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and stress management. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve attention; it can help with emotion regulation and coping with parenting or caregiving stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Joshua treats finding the best fit as a team effort - he listens to a person's goals, tries different techniques, and adjusts the plan based on what actually helps. Over time the focus shifts toward skills that make daily routines and family interactions easier.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is needed, while phone sessions work when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins or support between sessions. These options make it easier to practice new skills in real life and to stay connected when schedules are tight.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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