Joshua Siskin, LMFT

Therapist in California

Joshua Siskin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 17 years of clinical experience.

Licensed inCalifornia
License48666
NPI 1578696894
Experience17+ years
LanguagesEnglish, Hebrew

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About Joshua

Joshua Siskin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 17 years of clinical experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew and he accepts international clients.

Joshua takes a practical, forward-focused approach that centers on what helps now. He aims to find small, usable steps clients can try between sessions. Conversations are aimed at strengthening what's already working and at uncovering internal resources that build momentum.

Background and approach

His background includes long-term clinical work helping people cope with life changes, parenting struggles, career stress, and compassion fatigue. He also addresses intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, and challenges tied to ADHD and bipolar conditions. Joshua blends attachment-based ideas with cognitive and behavioral tools to address patterns in relationships and everyday life.

He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and elements of dialectical behavior work to teach skills for emotional regulation and values-based action. Sessions can include practical coaching on goals, strategies for managing strong emotions, and support for processing loss or trauma. He focuses on clear steps clients can take and on building confidence to handle similar problems in the future.

People who value a collaborative, action-oriented therapist often find his style useful. He encourages honest talk, tries to keep sessions focused and useful, and helps clients shape goals that fit their lives.

Credentials

LMFT (California): License 48666 · expires April 2026
NPI: 1578696894 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

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Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Depression
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Joshua names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Joshua uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help clients understand and change patterns in their relationships. This approach looks at how early connection styles affect current bonds and helps people build different, healthier ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is also part of his work and focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while committing to values-based actions that move life forward. ACT is often helpful for anxiety, stress, and coping with persistent difficulties.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. Joshua works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and rhythms. He checks in about what helps, adjusts strategies over time, and recommends practical exercises clients can try between sessions.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and reading nonverbal cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can support brief check-ins and real-time coaching during the week. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, travel schedules, or different energy levels while keeping progress steady.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Joshua commonly help with?

He supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and many everyday struggles like sleep, eating, career stress, and parenting concerns.

What is his therapy style and approach?

Joshua emphasizes practical, solution-focused work that looks for steps to try now. He draws on attachment-based ideas, CBT, ACT, DBT skills, and client-centered methods to build useful coping strategies.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He has 17 years of experience as a mental health professional working with a range of mood, behavior, and relationship issues.

What credentials and location should I know about?

Joshua is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew to accommodate speakers of either language.

What session formats does he offer online?

He meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

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