Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Josephine works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Josephine
Josephine Olson is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of clinical experience in Virginia. She brings a steady, practical approach to sessions and focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and stressful life situations. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, and panic attacks.
She also supports those facing trauma, sexual assault and abuse, grief, addictions, and struggles with self-harm. Anger, low self-esteem, eating concerns, parenting strain, career changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD are also areas she addresses.
Background and approach
Josephine uses several therapy methods to guide her work. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships. She uses client-centered techniques to meet people where they are and build on their strengths.
Dialectical behavior approaches and EMDR tools are available when the situation fits. Her style is direct but warm. Sessions are focused on practical skills, clearer thinking, and steps you can try between meetings.
She might teach emotion regulation skills, help you reorganize unhelpful patterns, or guide processing of painful memories when appropriate. Josephine offers sessions in English and can work with people who live outside the United States. She practices in Virginia and holds the LPC credential.
To begin, she asks people to complete a short questionnaire and then schedule a session that fits their calendar.
What Josephine works with
Everything Josephine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Josephine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Josephine lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Josephine’s approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. Online sessions can help identify attachment cycles and practice new ways of connecting with others. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, respect, and supporting a person's own goals; this approach emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and can fit well into video or phone sessions where conversation and reflection are primary. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches specific skills for managing overwhelming emotions and reducing self-harm behaviors; DBT skill coaching can be practiced over video, phone, or text and is useful for daily coping.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, life demands, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods that match the issue and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit care into a busy schedule and maintain continuity between appointments.
Questions people ask about Josephine
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar and mood concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, anger, self-harm, eating issues, ADHD, and related relationship and family problems.
What is her general therapy style and approach?
The approach is practical and person-centered. She uses attachment-based ideas, client-centered techniques, DBT skills, EFT concepts, and EMDR when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Virginia.
In which languages can sessions be conducted and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.