Joshua Siskin, LMFT

Joshua Siskin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. He focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, trauma, grief, sleep and eating issues, and other life changes. Joshua aims to help clients leave sessions feeling a bit better and more able to move forward.

Joshua uses a practical, solution-oriented style. He pays attention to a person’s strengths and helps them call those strengths into action. He is less focused on the origin of a problem and more focused on what can be done now to improve daily life. Sessions are aimed at concrete steps that build momentum toward change.

With 17 years of experience as an LMFT, Joshua has supported people through a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, attachment issues, and body image. He also works with people navigating adoption and foster care experiences, aging and geriatric matters, and alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.

His approach draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Joshua focuses on helping clients recognize useful patterns and practice new ways of coping.

Joshua talks plainly in sessions and keeps goals practical. He asks clients to try changes between meetings and reviews what worked. He supports people who want to tap into their inner motivation and create lasting, manageable shifts in their lives.

How Joshua’s approaches translate to online work

Joshua uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in ways that fit well with remote sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck by them, then identify values and take small steps toward a more meaningful life. ACT can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how relationships shape patterns of feeling and relating; it helps people understand and shift those patterns to feel safer and more connected.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joshua will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The practical benefits of online work include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy day. Online therapy can reduce travel time, accommodate different time zones for international clients, and allow for shorter check-ins when that is helpful. Because formats were not specified in the original biography, confirm current session options before booking so you know which online or in-person choices are available.