Greetings! My name is Joseph Howard. After several years working as a counselor with military-connected clients, I have returned to BetterHelp. I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Indendent Social Worker.. I first began working in the counseling field in 1988. I've worked in a variety of settings throughout my career. I've worked with children, teenagers, families, couples and single adults. Most recently, I served assignments as a counselor with the US Military, serving children, adolescents and families. I've also worked in private practice with adults and young adults entering the world of college, careers and relationships.
Clients have found me to be compassionate and down-to-earth. My aim is to help you gain deeper awareness, self-compassion and healing in areas of your life that until now, may have remained confusing and hidden. It's the path of discovering yourself, of accepting and loving yourself as you are. I use a non-pathological approach with all of my clients. We are all works in progress, worthy of success.
Our time together is designed to give you new experiential information and to help you take action in alignment with your core goals, to write the story that you want to live, and to live it. This is counseling with a practical, spiritual and emotional focus. Change happens from the inside out and and also from the outside in. I assist you to use both approaches in the most effective ways. Often, I will ask you to do a task or try some new actions. this might be during our session on in your free time. I've found that counseling works when you work it. Counseling isn't a passive process. I want to help you get deeper into your life. You deserve the best!
My clinical orientation and training includes Client-Centered Therapy, P.E.E.R. (Primary-Emotional-Energy-Recovery), Gestalt, Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems,Energy, somatic-based methods and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. I also draw from Yogic and Russian Systema-based breatjwork. I've found that some of the principles and exercises are useful in helping clients to feel calmer, release stress, have more groundedness and take decisive actions.
I look forward to our work together!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Codependency, Communication problems, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Life purpose, Men's issues, Self-love, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Systemic Therapy
SC LISW-CP 7295
NC LCSW C006329
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I’ve been to other counseling before but did not make much progress. I’m so happy my friend introduced me to BetterHelp and I got Joseph as my counsellor. He’s very sharp and identified the issue during my first session which no one told me before. He is a good listener, encouraging, culturally-sensitive and solutions-oriented, he gave good suggestions which really helped me a lot. I’m making good progress and I intend to continue getting guidance from a Joseph to ensure I don’t fall off the track. Thanks Joseph!
Written on Jul 23, 2020 after therapy with Joseph for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Great listener and has different approaches to my situations.
Written on Jul 20, 2020 after therapy with Joseph for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and coping with life changes