Therapy with Josh
My goal is to help you thrive, not just survive. To achieve this, I play 3 roles in my relationship with you: designer, coach, and therapist. Each role is unique and brings different aspects to the table, depending on your individual journey.
You can think of working with me like renovating your house:
Designer
We collaboratively create a vision for your life and map out the blueprint. What does thriving look like for you? What kind of person do you want to become?
Coach
I'm your skilled guide, teaching you specific tools and skills while you do the building work yourself. You're not passive in this process - you're actively constructing your new reality.
Therapist
When we encounter deeper foundations that need attention, I'm here to help excavate and address those underlying issues so your new structure can be solid.
My Approach
My approach is grounded in several core beliefs about how people change and grow:
- •How we frame a problem determines how we approach solving it - rather than focusing on diagnoses or what's wrong, I work to frame problems in solvable terms and connect them to a collaboratively articulated larger vision of your life. I don't just ask 'how do we fix this?', I ask: 'what do you need to do so that you can thrive as the person you want to be?'
- •While understanding feelings and past experiences can be helpful, real transformation happens when you learn and utilize skills to move forward.
- •People are inherently worthy and capable, and my role is to guide you as you do the work to build the life you want to create.
- •You are the expert on yourself - only you truly know your inner world and what decisions will work in your life. My role is to be an effective guide as we work together like scientists, running experiments, examining the data, and discovering what actually works. Like good science, we won't be precious about any approach - if something doesn't work, we'll discard it and try something else.
- •Effective therapy is like going to the gym - it requires consistent effort and practice, both in our sessions and in your daily life. You have to make key decisions and do the work.
About Josh
I've been surrounded by psychology my entire life. Growing up in New York City as the son of two PhD psychologists, our dinner table conversations often centered around how people think, feel, and change. I spent countless hours absorbing insights about human behavior and the therapeutic process - it was simply part of the fabric of our family life.
After college, I made what seemed like an unexpected turn: I chose to explore how to help people at scale through business and technology. But this wasn't actually a departure from my psychological roots - it was an extension of them. I wanted to understand how systems work and how to create positive change for the largest number of people possible.
Over the past 17 years, I've built products that have touched millions of lives - from The Chopra Meditation App (downloaded millions of times) that helps users create personalized wellness plans, to the SoulCycle At Home Bike that brought fitness and community into people's homes. I've also led teams, taught at universities like NYU and Harvard, and started and sold my own company. Throughout it all, my favorite part was always working with people - helping team members learn, grow, and reach their potential. Whether I was mentoring a designer struggling with imposter syndrome or coaching a product manager through a difficult career transition, I found myself naturally falling into what I now recognize as the Designer and Coach roles.
But I kept hitting a wall. When an employee was dealing with anxiety, relationship issues, or deeper personal struggles, I could only help them so much. There were ethical boundaries I couldn't cross and depths I couldn't reach as a manager or mentor.
That's when I realized what had been true all along: I was meant to be a therapist.
Now, as I pursue my Master's in Clinical Social Work at the University of Kansas, I'm not changing careers - I'm completing a journey that started in childhood. All those years in business and technology weren't a detour; they were essential training. I learned how to think systemically, build solutions that work, and guide people through complex change processes.
The difference now is that I can finally add the third role - Therapist - to help people excavate and address the deeper foundations that need attention. I can go to the depths required to help you not just perform better, but truly thrive as the person you're meant to become.
Qualifications & Supervision
I am currently a therapy intern at Tenfold Counseling, where I provide clinical services under the supervision of Crystal Rodenbaugh, LCSW. I hold a Bachelor's in Psychology from Dartmouth College and am pursuing my Master's in Clinical Social Work at the University of Kansas, with an expected graduation date of May 2025.
As an intern, all therapeutic services I provide are conducted under professional supervision in accordance with Missouri state regulations and ethical guidelines. My supervisor is available for consultation regarding your care and oversight of my clinical work.
If you have questions about my training, supervision, or qualifications, please don't hesitate to ask. I'm committed to providing you with transparent, ethical, and effective support as you work toward your goals.