Joshua Martin, LPC

Joshua Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina. He draws on seven years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, anger, depression, and career-related challenges. Joshua aims to create a straightforward, supportive space where clients can speak honestly and begin making practical changes.

He uses a mix of approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and client-centered methods. In sessions he helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try new behaviors, and identify values that guide decisions. Joshua describes therapy as a collaborative process where goals come from what matters most to the client.

Joshua also focuses on issues like attachment and abandonment, communication struggles, problems with control, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation. He works with people facing guilt, shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose. Men’s concerns, panic symptoms, phobias, and social anxiety are additional areas he supports.

Practical tools are part of the work - small experiments, thought records, values-based actions, and motivational conversations to move toward change. Sessions aim to be usable in daily life rather than just theoretical. Joshua recognizes how busy schedules can be and offers session formats that fit different routines.

He provides services in English and accepts international clients. Joshua encourages people to pick a clear goal, try interventions together, and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Joshua uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves short practical exercises, worksheets, and experiments that can be done between sessions to reduce anxiety, panic symptoms, and phobic avoidance.

He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on identifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can help with stress, depression, and issues tied to meaning or life purpose. Client-centered methods are woven in too, giving people space to be heard and directing the pace of work based on their needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Joshua will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals and preferences, trying different strategies and adjusting as progress is assessed. The aim is to create a plan that fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer talks and exercises that use visual worksheets. Phone can be a lower-bandwidth option for check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between sessions.