About me
My name is Josh and I am a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida for over the past 15 years. I earned my undergraduate degree in psychology from Clemson University. I earned my graduate degree in mental health counseling from Nova Southeastern University. I have extensive experience working with addictions and recovery with adolescents, as well as working with teens and adolescents with mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and adjustment disorder. I have worked to provide prevention and early intervention counseling services for youth and teens to help prevent or slow an issue before it becomes too severe. I also have experience working with adolescents and youth suffering from a history of abusive relationships (physical, mental and sexual), as well as PTSD that results from these abusive histories. I prefer using a collaborative, solution-oriented approach, as well as using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help my patients work through their problems in an effective, time-efficient manner. Additionally, having family involvement and "buy-in" is integral when engaging adolescents in therapy.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem, Motivation
- Depression
- Coaching
Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Parenting issues , Anger management , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , ADHD , Co-morbidity , Codependency , Personality Disorders , Phobias , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
FL LMHC MH10394
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Joshua Plantz. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
Josh is the best! And I am demanding person. Can't be more happy to have him as my therapist ☺️
Very understanding and has a great outlook and very helpfully with life
Very sweet and knowledgeable!
Love Josh. He saved my marriage.
Josh is patient beyond belief, and challenges me when I need it. I would be lost without him
Great experience. Josh has been great at getting through my husband and make him really understand where the issues and frictions come from and how to actually work through them. We love our weekly sessions and it just flows so naturally I would 100% recommend Josh for a different but extremely efficient couples therapy.
Joshua is what I would a psychologist with creativity and great improvisation.
He finds ways to challenge your thinking to get better.
Very helpful with understanding my addictive tendency. A huge help in helping dig deep to find my roadblocks
Joshua is a great listener, a warm kind person and incredibly knowledgable. That's why I keep coming back. Thank you Josh.
Josh is kind, intuitive, highly skilled, down to earth and funny. A perfect combination for a successful human and therapist.
For many years now I have relied on Joshua for independent advice to help me manage difficult situations, he has kept me balanced and also me to reflect. I couldn't get teencounseling.com ;) thanks again
Josh has the ability to see the big picture. He doesn't just focus on one particular issue but considers all the different factors that may be contributing to the problem. This has allowed me to gain a much deeper understanding of my situation and to develop effective strategies for moving forward.
Josh is incredibly empathetic and understanding. He creates a safe and welcoming environment where I feel comfortable opening up and sharing my thoughts and feelings.
Josh is incredibly knowledgeable about different approaches to therapy. He has provided me with a range of options and has helped me to identify the ones that will be most effective for me. This has allowed me to make real progress and to feel more in control of my life.
Josh is helping me to understand my core values and helps me to set healthy boundaries. I grew a great deal emotionally since I have his support.
Josh knows how to balance the discomfort of unpacking trauma and the comfort of opening up perfectly. I highly recommend
Makes your chat space a safe place where you can open up.
Josh has been there for me and has helped me immensely on my path to sobriety and a better life.
Great therapist down to earth great listener
I absolutely love talking to Josh. He is very down to earth, very understanding, and when you speak to him, you feel like he actually cares and has empathy for you.
He is the greatest therapist I have ever met. He doesn't give up on his patient's and he actually cares. Joshua Plantz is a incredibly knowledgeable and capable therapist that will help you with whatever you need even if you don't know you need it.
I feel Joshua has all the experience and is very accurate, neutral and sympathetic person, who is helping me gradually.
Only 2 sessions but also remarkable progress. Josh is an amazing human being who listens and gives feedback which is insightful and thought provoking. Hopefully he'll publish a book one day!
Changed my life
Gets right to the issues and is willing to call either party out on behaviors or thinking patterns that may be causing issues. Really shows effort in getting through to each person in a professional yet no non sense approach that doesn't feel detached and just business as usual. Highly recommend
Josh has been attentive, empathetic, and supportive as I navigate life with anxiety and depression. He even checks in with me throughout the week to see how I’m doing, which makes such a big difference. He creates a safe space for me to be vulnerable without judgment, and provides gentle and thoughtful guidance on how to manage my anxiety symptoms. I’m so grateful that I was matched with Josh, I can’t imagine working with any other therapist.
he is absolutely fantastic and very understanding.
Josh is a great therapist! He’s very considerate and accommodating of any schedule changes that might pop up, so he’s very easy to work with. He’s a very attentive listener and is adept at focusing on issues at hand, but he also won’t hesitate to switch gears or lighten the mood if the session becomes more intense/emotional than I’m comfortable with. I never feel overwhelmed when approaching an issue with him and I feel that we’ve been able to tackle all of my concerns at a pace that’s manageable for me.
Josh is a great therapist. He’s a great listener and very respectfully knows exactly what to say to bring light to the moment :)
It’s really great working with Josh! He is a great listener and I feel very understood.
Amazing!
Josh is an expert in what he does. He listens, pays attention, and guides me through working through areas I struggle with in a healthy and constructive way.
Joshua is helping me find ways to overcome anxiety and stress. I find him incredibly easy to talk to and I feel like I'm in a safe environment to do so.
Joshua is very caring and professional. I feel he is fully committed to helping me grow as a person. I highly recommend him
Josh is an amazing both professionally and personally! He is very focused on the issues looking to address and always very sympathetic. I would recommend Josh to everyone and look forward to continuing treatment with him!
Josh worked with me for 3 months. In this time I felt like he supported me with depression and anxiety. He not only talked me through it, he helped me developed skills to manage it long term and I now feel like I am better than ever at handling all the downs in life.
Thank you so much Josh
Josh has been a great ear to my teenage son. My son likes talking to him so much that it is the one “thing” I don’t have to remind him to do. Josh gently guides my son to express himself and is really just a person outside of the family he can trust for advice and feedback. I am confident in the trust they have built with each other so that my son (as he is about yo enter adulthood) has someone else to turn to for support and guidance
I've been talking to Josh on teencounseling.com for two years now and continue to be incredibly happy with his services. I appreciate his style of therapy. You can tell he has a genuine interest in your health and wellbeing.
I have tried many psychologists and counsellors over the years and until now have struggled to develop the necessary trust you need in your therapist to ensure a successful therapeutic relationship.
I'm so glad I signed up to teencounseling.com and was paired with Josh. He's easy to talk to and has the ability to put you right at ease. He's really flexible with his availability as well, which is fantastic as I live in the other side of the world!
I couldn't be happier with Josh as my therapist, and I look forward to working with him continuingly.
Josh has been extremely helpful. He has a great demeanor where he lets you talk about whatever you choose with him and jumps in when it makes sense. He has smart insights and tries to make it fun when he can. Highly recommended!
Josh is so supportive, professional, respectful, flexible, and creates a comfortable place for you to be 100% yourself without the fear of being judged. I’ve been taking these sessions with him more than 4 months and I saw a huge improvement in my life in so many levels. Everytime I speak with him I feel I am leaning something new and valuable. Besides the weekly phone calls, he checks on me throughout the week which is so nice of him.
Josh has been a great help to me since joining teencounseling.com. I hope to learn more from him and become the best version of myself
Josh is a fantastic at what he does and its nice to gine someone that talks to you in a way you can understand and that listens and supports you.
Josh is really kind, understanding and super easy to talk to! Highly recommend him!
Josh is very friendly and welcoming. He has gained my confidence in him from the very start. Would highly recommend
I’m very happy to have Josh as my counselor. Been working with him for a while now. He always checks on me, and find a convenient time for video session that works for me, since I live in different country.
Before starting counseling I was very nervous to talk to someone about my issues, but Josh makes it very easy to communicate with! And because of him I’m able to know exactly what I need and understand myself more!
Joshua is friendly, supportive and engaging. I’m always left feeling supported and encouraged and have been given the tools to develop better coping skills and make positive changes in my life.
Josh is fantastic, he has been a great support on our calls and he checks in between calls which I really appreciate. Hes attentive, approachable and genuine.
Josh is very patient and kind in his approach, I feel safe sharing details with him (I don't fear judgement). He has helped me look at things differently and more clearly.
Great listener
Thanks for your help!
Joshua is a very pleasant and professional counselor to speak with. He responds and takes his time with everything your going through and helps in every way. I’m glad I have signed up with teencounseling.com and choose him because I feel he has helped me in many ways and continues to do so everyday. There is many things he does to help you and very supportive with everything. I have never had to see or talk to someone about anything, but Joshua has made the process the best thing I choose to do in my life.
Joshua has been very kind and patient with me. He's made my first experience with therapy a very positive one. I look forward to working with him more.
Joshua is an extremely supportive counselor, approachable,w and really easy to talk to. The support he offers isn't prescriptive to one particular type of counseling, and is instead personalised to each problem. I feel lucky to have been paired with him. I look forward to growing with each one of our sessions.
Josh is a great counselor. We're dealing with relationship related issues and are on our 2nd week of therapy. Josh has been very attentive, responsive and understanding. We really value his focused approach which is helping us resolve specific issues we're facing and we look forward to continuing the therapy with him.
Great support, great listening, a good space to talk about things
Joshua helped me so much and after taking a break and coming back, I would still choose Josh because I trust him. He’s really great to talk to and he really does help :)
Out of all the people I've been to Joshua is by far the best! Such an amazing character that knows what to say and when to say it! Thank you Josh!
Joshua is a great counselor and I'd highly recommend.
Excellent counsellor that helped me overcome my addiction with very useful tips. He's also a great listener! Strongly recommend!
He’s great. Practical in his approach.
Kind, reasonable and informed advice.
He knows what he is doing he has helped me so much more than I had expected. I surely have never been to such good counseling. He is professional but not too much he allows himself to share as well with me so I feel like I know more about the person behind the screen and I always get quick responses. He is clearly doing something right because people around me notice a big change. I have recommended this site to almost all my friends.
Joshua has been the absolute best therapist I have ever came across. The most genuine, interested and thoughtful counselor I’ve been in contact with. He’s been a GREAT listener, with the most stimulating questions ever. He’s guided me through the roughest time I’ve been through, and I’ve been through too much bad. He’s shown me the light so slowly and progressively, yet so extremely powerfully. You are a very lucky human being if he’s matched up with you. Very dedicated and emotionally committed, would absolutely recommend to anyone who needs that type of guidance! Words can’t express my gratitude to the work he’s done with me:’))) I appreciate you so much Joshua, thank you for crossing paths with me!!!!!
A top fella and knows his stuff - respectful, comedic and straight to the point which i loved
Would recommend sticking it out with him if you can he is sure to help
Josh is an extremely relatable and supportive counselor. He's good at adapting his methods to match your specific needs and personality. Working with him has been a pleasure.
Joshua has been consistently supportive and helpful, offering sound advice and strategies.
Joshua has been helping me through a tough time in my life, and he’s been so supportive, non-judgmental, patient and gently encouraging. I’m really glad I got matched with him and would happily recommend him to anyone else needing help.
Josh has helped me cope with my emotions during a tough time. I continue to rely on his expertise when it comes to my daily life and struggles. He is calm and supportive.
I like his personality. He doesn't make me feel like a weirdo
He is great! Highly recommended.
Joshua has had a key role in my rehabilitation. The beauty about his style is it is quite passive. He slowly guides you to self-realization and helps you identify what triggers your relapse. It’s a day-by-day challenge and thankfully Joshua is always following up with me.
Joshua is extremely insightful and helpful. He communicates in a style that I can truly relate to and I appreciate that very much. His questions help me dig deep and think about my concerns and behaviors. I've been very comfortable talking with him and his continued attention to my concerns and reminders to stay in touch with him have been reassuring. I've been very pleased with our interactions and have made progress. I am grateful for him and his expertise.
Josh was very helpful and caring. I appreciated his straight forward attitude and approach and felt he did a great job. He was very willing to make himself available.
Josh is very patient and understanding and makes a great effort to respond quickly! I feel he is very knowledgeable as well as relatable. So thank you, Josh!
For the short period of time I chatted with Joshua, he was excellent to work with!
Josh has already helped my relationship in a monumental way, and we’re literally just getting started together. I look forward to exploring more skills with Josh and watching my life improve even more. It’s a blessing to have found him as my trustworthy and caring guide.
Josh is responsive and supportive. He asks the right questions for me to ponder over and guides me to notice the recurring theme in many of my behaviours and helps me work through it in small pieces.
I have only been working with Joshua for a short time, but so far he has been extremely helpful. He has a way of talking you through your problems that doesn’t feel judgmental or like he has any agenda. He guides you to work through things in a reassuring way that helps you find clarity. I look forward to continuing my work with him.
Josh is fantastic. Very personable, down to earth and easy to talk to. He gave us some really solid suggestions and advice that we used to get ourselves back to a better place, both emotionally and physically. He still checks in on us even though we no longer need weekly sessions, just to let us know he is here if we want to talk about anything.
Joshua is very attentive and he listens without judgement. He always know how to respond in any given situation. He has helped me tremendously since we started our sessions.
Straight into the deep stuff. Joshua doesn't waste time. Problems are targeted from day one unlike standard therapists who spend 4 sessions 'building their picture'. He comes across as honest, easy to talk to and is vigilant. His resume shows that he is highly experienced and working with him, this is very much apparent. Recommended.
Joshua is an excellent counselor. I feel he is there for me, responding to my messages and checking in when i don't write. His responses are focused on me, they are honest and give me an insight on what is going on in my head.
Very happy with the counseling received! Joshua is very knowledgeable, listens well, and is considerate.
We are so sad to stop seeing Joshua. We always look forward to our meetings but after a couple months, we are doing so well that we don't need his services anymore. He is wonderful, funny, a great listener and offered us practical advice- which we loved. Thanks so much.
Joshua is amazing, empathetic, down to earth and very knowledgeable. He has helped me tremendously.
Josh is great! He understands my point-of-view, but also provides great feedback to approach situations in a new light.
Joshua has been extremely helpful, kind and understanding! He really helped me understand the root of my problems and help me get on the road to recovery.
Josh has been an excellent support for me while going through a very difficult breakup. It was easy to get to know him and connect quickly through our first few exchanges. He has listened carefully to my concerns, proposed questions that help me to process what has happened and most importantly he has “rode the wave” with me in a completely non-judgmental, encouraging manner.
I am so grateful for Josh’s insights and reminders of my strengths. He has helped me build emotional resilience and to develop confidence in my decision making. Would highly recommend him!
Felt like he really listened to all my concerns and was patient with how late I was responding.
Joshua is wonderful! He is very knowledgable and responds quickly to all methods of contact. He is respectful and non judgmental. He brings an energetic and positive attitude to all of our video session along with messages. We both feel very lucky to have been paired up with him because in just two weeks we are already making progress. We both would highly recommend him!
Joshua is excellent and has been helping me with kindness, knowledge and humour. He is clearly an expert in his field and is always thoughtful and considers my points very thoroughly.
So far so good I really like my counselor. He seems to really understand me
Joshua is an extremely smart, intuitive, caring and proactive counselor. He always seems to very quickly "get" what's going on for me, offers support, insights, encouragement, and excellent suggestions for how to move forward. I could not have asked for a better counselor for my needs.
Joshua is a great listener, patient, dependable, and provides great advice.