Joshua Siskin, LMFT
California · 17 years in practice
Joshua Siskin is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 48666 · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1578696894 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English, Hebrew
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Joshua
Joshua Siskin is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical steps that help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew and can be conducted online for people inside and outside the U.S.
Joshua centers sessions on finding paths forward rather than tracing every cause of a problem. He aims to highlight a person’s strengths and skills so they can try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
That straightforward, goal-oriented stance is meant to leave clients feeling more capable after sessions. His work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Attachment-Based approaches alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools. He mixes short-term strategies with attention to emotions and attachment patterns when helpful.
The approach is flexible and depends on what each person needs in the moment. Joshua has supported people dealing with depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and career concerns. He also works with issues such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, and complex medical or caregiving stress.
He often helps people navigate big life changes and rebuild a sense of agency. Practical options include video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging sessions. Joshua uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire to get started.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joshua lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approach-driven care delivered online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and work with strong emotions that keep them stuck, and it can be useful for relationship and attachment-related concerns as well as personal healing. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions, which is helpful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of relating and can help people understand how past bonds affect current feelings and choices.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Joshua will discuss goals and preferences and then tailor methods collaboratively. He often blends emotion-focused, acceptance-based, and cognitive tools so the plan fits practical needs and what feels most helpful to each person.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible ways to connect. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact between sessions. This variety makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and changing routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Joshua help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleep and eating struggles, parenting strain, career challenges, ADHD, and related areas such as compassion fatigue and chronic illness.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with attention to emotions and attachment. He focuses on steps people can take now while drawing on emotion-focused and acceptance-based ideas.
How much experience does he have?
Joshua has 17 years of experience working as a mental health professional in California.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds the LMFT credential as a licensed marriage and family therapist and practices from California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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