Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Joseph
Joseph LaBeau is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 21 years of experience. He focuses on practical, direct conversations to help people handle stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and life changes. His style is straightforward and aimed at quick, useful progress so clients can feel better functioning day to day.
He creates a supportive space that can also be gently challenging when needed. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and real-life strategies rather than just talking about problems.
Background and approach
Clients can expect conversational work that targets communication, workplace pressures, and mood management. Joseph uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to build readiness for change and Psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time.
These approaches are blended to suit each person’s situation. He has worked with issues such as addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. He also helps people struggling with career direction, impulsivity, and managing strong emotions like anger.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Joseph helps clients set practical steps between sessions and checks progress as part of ongoing work.
What Joseph works with
Everything Joseph lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Joseph's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joseph lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Joseph often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors that keep problems going; this is useful for anxiety, anger, sleep issues, and mood management. Motivational Interviewing is another tool he uses to build a person's own reasons and confidence for making change, which helps with addictions, impulsivity, and lifestyle shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. That means practical skill-building when needed and deeper pattern work when it helps.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more accessible. Video calls allow fuller interaction, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth situations, live chat can be useful for short focused conversations, and ongoing messaging supports steady progress between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Joseph
What kinds of problems does he help address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.
What is his general approach in sessions?
His style is conversational and goal-focused. He blends practical skills work with talking through patterns that keep causing trouble.
How much experience does he have?
He has 21 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are offered for online sessions?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client’s needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.