Joshua Elliott (he/him)

I hold the CCTP-II credential and have completed advanced training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Systems Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. My clinical background includes crisis intervention, risk assessment, intensive family services, and work with clients affected by trauma, grief, disruption, and major life transitions. I emphasize safety, choice, pacing, and helping clients understand how survival responses developed and continue to affect daily life.

I understand mental health in the context of identity, culture, relationships, work, family, faith, community, and systems. My doctoral training, clinical work, and teaching experience help me support clients without making assumptions about what their experiences mean. This is especially important for queer professionals and others navigating minority stress, belonging, or pressure to fit expectations that do not fully reflect who they are.

I see the counseling relationship as an important part of the work. My approach is collaborative, direct, and grounded in trust, honesty, and mutual respect. I help clients notice how past and present relationships may shape anxiety, boundaries, communication, self-worth, and the roles they take on with others. Therapy can become a place to practice being more open, connected, and true to yourself.

I hold the CCTP-II credential and have advanced training in trauma-focused approaches, including Cognitive Processing Therapy, Trauma Systems Therapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT. My experience in crisis work, risk assessment, family services, and private practice helps me recognize how survival responses may show up as anxiety, disconnection, overfunctioning, or difficulty trusting. I emphasize safety, choice, pacing, and practical ways to feel more grounded.

I help individuals and partners understand recurring patterns involving communication, trust, boundaries, conflict, disconnection, and changing roles. My background in couples and family counseling, family systems, and relational practice helps me look beyond who is “right” or “wrong.” Together, we may slow down difficult interactions, understand what each person is protecting or needing, and practice more honest and connected ways of relating.

As a queer counselor, I offer affirming care that makes room for identity, relationships, culture, family, faith, and community. My clinical and teaching experience includes LGBTQ+ identity development, minority stress, belonging, relationship concerns, and life in less affirming environments. I do not treat identity as the problem; I help clients explore what they need to feel safer, more connected, and more fully themselves.

My clinical mental health background includes extensive experience helping adults understand and manage anxiety, chronic worry, overwhelm, perfectionism, uncertainty, avoidance, and the physical effects of stress. I use a collaborative, context-aware approach to identify patterns, build practical coping skills, and explore how relationships, identity, work, trauma, and life transitions may contribute to anxiety.