Shoshanna Joss , LCSW

Shoshanna Joss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses a client-centered approach to help people through major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can take to manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Shoshanna works from New Jersey and offers online sessions in English.

Her approach emphasizes listening first and then collaborating on clear goals. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new coping habits. Mindfulness practices are used when clients want simple strategies to manage intense emotions or recurring worry.

Shoshanna has six years of experience as an LCSW and additional background in caregiver support, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness-related stress. She also addresses concerns such as body image, communication problems, and the emotional impact of cancer and aging. Her work with trauma and abuse informs how she plans safe, paced steps when those histories come up.

Sessions tend to mix practical skill-building with reflective conversation. Clients leave with concrete steps to practice between meetings and fresh ways to look at persistent problems. Shoshanna aims to balance support with gentle challenge so people can notice change.

She accepts international clients and offers flexible online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The process to begin is a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling based on availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's priorities and building goals together. In practice this means sessions begin with listening and then moving at a pace the client is comfortable with; it helps with feeling stuck or unclear about next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. These short techniques are easy to practice during a break at work or between other responsibilities and can help when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and the therapist will collaborate to decide what fits best. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting plans based on the client's goals and preferences.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when that matters. Phone sessions or short live chats can be quieter or require less bandwidth. Text-based messaging and live chat allow for brief check-ins, journaling-style updates, or coaching between meetings. These choices support flexibility while keeping the focus on steady progress.