Joshua Siskin, LMFT
California · 17 years in practice
Joshua Siskin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical steps people can take now to feel better.
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 licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical steps people can take now to feel better. He keeps sessions goal-oriented and works with clients to find manageable ways forward from stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, and relationship strain. Joshua emphasizes strengths and small, steady changes.
He helps people notice their existing skills and use them to solve current problems. Sessions aim to leave clients with clearer next steps and a sense of forward motion.
Background and approach
With 17 years of clinical experience, Joshua draws on Jungian ideas about personal meaning alongside approaches that focus on present behavior and values. He integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed work, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral tools when they fit a person’s needs.
He also supports people facing parenting stress, caregiving strain, chronic illness, body-image concerns, ADHD, and issues tied to adoption, abandonment, or attachment wounds. Joshua offers practical techniques for sleeping, eating, anger, and coping with life changes while attending to deeper sources of meaning when clients want that.
Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew and are available to people in California and international clients. Joshua uses straightforward language and a steady, collaborative pace to help people set clear goals and practice new ways of handling hard moments.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Joshua combines Jungian therapy ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based work to give people different paths for change. Jungian therapy looks at meanings, symbols, and personal narratives that shape how someone sees themselves and their relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches how to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and to commit to actions that match personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current trust, intimacy, and coping patterns and helps people practice more supported ways of relating.Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. Joshua will discuss goals, preferences, and what matters most to the client, then try methods that fit those needs. He revisits the plan as progress is made so the work stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth situations, and chat or messaging suit brief updates or times when writing feels easier. These options help people fit sessions around work, caregiving, travel, or different schedules while keeping the focus on real-world change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Joshua help with?
He works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, sleep and eating problems, anger, self esteem, and career changes.
What is his general therapy style?
Joshua uses a practical, solution-focused style that emphasizes goals and small steps. He blends listening with skills practice so people leave sessions with concrete options to try.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 17 years of experience as a mental health professional working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What credential does Joshua hold and where is he based?
He is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and is based in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
Yes, international clients are accepted for sessions.
What session formats does he provide?
Joshua offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; start by completing the short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on availability.
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