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Joshua is a licensed clinical social worker and alcohol and drug counselor who believes in the indomitable strength of the human spirit; that the dreams of all people never end. He pulls from almost two decades of Buddhist meditation experience along with his professional training to provide compassionate professional care. Drawing from his passion for nerd and geek culture, he deeply understands the importance of meaning, narrative, and creativity in the healing journey. Sober since 2007 and the experience of a tumultuous childhood, his own lived experienced lets him know just how much a painful moment, a long period of upheaval, or people just not ‘getting’ how your brain or nervous system works can come to define and keep us stuck. More importantly, through the ups and downs even past “getting better” he has come to recognize that chasing ‘growth’ can keep us just as stuck and that healing is often less profound and simpler than we imagine.

As an EMDR therapist, he provides healing while also drawing heavily from ‘parts’ work and internal family systems (IFS). Coming from a Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology background with years of personal practice, he remains person-centered and trauma-informed in his work with the people he serves. Josh also utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills, and Self-Compassion in his approach to therapeutic work. Josh also draws from neuroscience to provide the skills, care, education, and resources to help people learn to soothe their nervous system and connect with their values. The foundation of his practice includes an emphasis on the healing power of connection, non-judgment, affirmation, and empowerment.

Josh has worked with diverse client populations throughout his extensive history of clinical practice and experience working in a variety of outpatient, inpatient, and in-home settings. Josh works well across the neurodiversity spectrum and respectfully seeks to be actively responsive to however you best understand and interpret the world. He is exceptionally capable in working with families and other supports from his 4 years of running a weekly family program for a large treatment center.
Josh graduated from Rutgers University with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Philosophy and a graduate degree in Clinical Social Work. Additionally, he earned a certificate in addiction counseling through completion of the Rutgers Addiction Certificate Training (ACT) program through the Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work. He is EMDR certified and a qualified clinical supervisor. His greatest professional achievement is perhaps the training that 10 years of being a barista in full-time food service provided him. Some of his special interests are anime/manga, video-games, litRPG, role playing, comics, Buddhism, and neurobiology.

He is extremely excited find a place in The Living Room that offers something truly exceptional and transformative to the people they serve. He is just as excited at being able to contribute his unique experiences and perspectives as he is to learn from the people he works along with and serves.

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Joshua Collins, LCSW, LCADC, CCS, EMDR

Primary Therapist

Joshua is a licensed clinical social worker and alcohol and drug counselor who believes in the indomitable strength of the human spirit; that the dreams of all people never end. He pulls from almost two decades of Buddhist meditation experience along with his professional training to provide compassionate professional care. Drawing from his passion for nerd and geek culture, he deeply understands the importance of meaning, narrative, and creativity in the healing journey. Sober since 2007 and the experience of a tumultuous childhood, his own lived experienced lets him know just how much a painful moment, a long period of upheaval, or people just not ‘getting’ how your brain or nervous system works can come to define and keep us stuck. More importantly, through the ups and downs even past “getting better” he has come to recognize that chasing ‘growth’ can keep us just as stuck and that healing is often less profound and simpler than we imagine.

As an EMDR therapist, he provides healing while also drawing heavily from ‘parts’ work and internal family systems (IFS). Coming from a Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology background with years of personal practice, he remains person-centered and trauma-informed in his work with the people he serves. Josh also utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills, and Self-Compassion in his approach to therapeutic work. Josh also draws from neuroscience to provide the skills, care, education, and resources to help people learn to soothe their nervous system and connect with their values. The foundation of his practice includes an emphasis on the healing power of connection, non-judgment, affirmation, and empowerment.

Josh has worked with diverse client populations throughout his extensive history of clinical practice and experience working in a variety of outpatient, inpatient, and in-home settings. Josh works well across the neurodiversity spectrum and respectfully seeks to be actively responsive to however you best understand and interpret the world. He is exceptionally capable in working with families and other supports from his 4 years of running a weekly family program for a large treatment center.
Josh graduated from Rutgers University with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Philosophy and a graduate degree in Clinical Social Work. Additionally, he earned a certificate in addiction counseling through completion of the Rutgers Addiction Certificate Training (ACT) program through the Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work. He is EMDR certified and a qualified clinical supervisor. His greatest professional achievement is perhaps the training that 10 years of being a barista in full-time food service provided him. Some of his special interests are anime/manga, video-games, litRPG, role playing, comics, Buddhism, and neurobiology.

He is extremely excited find a place in The Living Room that offers something truly exceptional and transformative to the people they serve. He is just as excited at being able to contribute his unique experiences and perspectives as he is to learn from the people he works along with and serves.