Josh is driven by a deep desire to help individuals and couples remove unwanted aloneness, navigate suffering, heal relational pain, and face life transitions with greater clarity, connection, and hope. After serving in pastoral leadership for over two decades, and serving as a Certified Biblical Counselor for 3 years, he entered the professional counseling field to further support others on their journeys toward healing and lasting change. Josh believes that being invited into another person’s story is a sacred responsibility and approaches counseling with genuine curiosity, empathy, and compassion.
Josh works from an attachment-based and trauma-informed approach, integrating emotionally focused and narrative perspectives. He values a collaborative and relational approach, creating a safe and supportive space where clients can explore their stories, emotions, and relational patterns without judgment. He believes meaningful healing occurs through strengthening connection with self and others.
Josh enjoys working with teens, adults, and couples and has experience supporting clients with anxiety, depression, abandonment, divorce, trauma, grief, anger, relational conflict, parenting stress, leadership burnout, and major life transitions.
Outside of counseling, Josh enjoys spending time with his wife of over 20 years, their preteen son, adult daughter, and grandson. He values time outdoors—whether at the lake, river, or ocean—as well as traveling and discovering new dining experiences.
License
Josh is a Counseling Intern in Training, currently completing his Master of Arts in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage, Couples, and Family at MidAmerica Nazarene University, a CACREP-accredited institution (CACREP is the highest standard in counselor education). Josh is under the supervision of Jessica Svoboda, LPC 2018033182 (MO), LCPC 03063 (KS).
Josh is currently accepting new clients, ages 13+, via Telehealth or in-person.
Fees
Josh’s rate is $30–$60 per 50-minute session. Sliding scale availability is based on current openings, with rates calculated as approximately 0.1% of total annual household income.