Joshua Helman

I am licensed clinical social worker with interest mostly in working with adults who are interested in, and feel they are capable of making the changes that they have come to therapy for. I sometimes assign homework such as journaling, books- media or online work. Sometimes the work we do will mean confronting people, situations or boundary systems from perspectives that the client has not thought of before. Clients should be interested at looking at their current life patterns and be open to making adaptive changes in the guise of self improvement.

I am mostly a humanistic provider first, meaning, I look at the individual and employ empathy and support from the perspective of their own outlooks and expectations. I also utilize a good deal of Cognitive Behavioral work, looking at thought distortions, and helping clients recognize and break patterns. I tend to be solution oriented and expect clients to work collaboratively on problem solving. Analytic work sometimes looks at Pscyhotherapy and Narrative approaches. I consider my clients experts in their own lives and utilize strengths based approaches to highlight wellness overall.

Something that I often do is have clients put all of their "stuff out on the table" so to speak. At this point I assist them in sorting out their various "baggage" or concerns, issues and areas of focus. I try to normalize and take the stigma out of therapy by looking at universal patterns and how people cope as normal adaptations that sometimes need gentel re-navigation from objective perspective.