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From Surviving to Thriving
Mental Health and well-being through personalized therapy and counseling. Specializing in Life Transitions, PTSD, Trauma, Grief, and LGBTQ Identity.
How Much of Human Life is Lost on Waiting?
Navigating life transitions, societal expectations, and past trauma often brings overwhelming anxiety, depression, and thoughts of helplessness. We cope as best we can, often with forced positivity or ignoring the pain, sometimes merely surviving. But it's possible to do more than just survive. It’s about learning to navigate it with clarity and control.
I offer a grounded, non-judgmental space to help you quiet the internal noise and regain your stability. I specialize in helping adults navigate trauma, grief, and complex life shifts. Rather than relying on rigid formulas, our work targets the root cognitive patterns maintaining your anxiety and depression. My approach is collaborative, direct, and practical—equipping you with tangible tools designed to reduce distress in real time. By challenging the automatic negative thoughts driving your distress and building real-world coping mechanisms, we will systematically lower the intensity of your daily struggle.
You possess the innate capacity to reclaim control over your life, even when it feels out of reach. If you are ready to take the next step, I invite you to schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Together, we will discuss your therapeutic goals, answer your questions, and ensure my practice is the right fit for your path forward.
Your Therapist
Joshua H. Behn
MSW, MPJ, LSWAIC
I have worked in a wide range of roles that have including funeral service, community sexual health, and child abuse protection. I earned my Master of Social Work from UMass Global; Bachelor of Social Work from Weber State University; and hold an additional Masters in Peace and Justice from the University of San Diego. Alongside my clinical work, I am the author of Voices Amidst Conflict: Gay Men in Northern Ireland, an oral history project exploring sexual identity during the period of armed conflict known as the 'Troubles.'
Outside of my clinical work, I enjoy traveling, gourmet cooking, reading, community theatre, visiting Disney parks, and designing ambitious Halloween displays. I have an obsession with the Titanic, and can rattle off a variety of impressive facts. I also am the dad to a feisty fur baby, a Balinese cat named Neptune. These interests keep me grounded and remind me that joy, connection, and curiosity are as essential to healing as insight and skill-building.
Therapeutic Specializations
I work with adults (18+) experiencing concerns such as PTSD/C-PTSD; religious trauma (Mormon/LDS and Catholic); navigation of LGBTQ trauma and identity; life transitions; end of life/grief; long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS; suicidal ideation and behavior; and anxiety. I also evaluate and provide documentation for gender affirming care, emotional support animals (ESA); and FMLA/disability.
Targeted cognitive interventions to stabilize acute distress during major life shifts, disrupt harmful thought loops, and build sustainable, long-term coping mechanisms.
Trauma-informed therapy to help individuals recover from PTSD, rebuild personal identity, process complex guilt, and restore autonomy.
Dedicated, non-judgmental counseling through profound loss, hospice/end-of-life transitions, and bereavement, honoring loss without rushing the healing process.
Culturally competent, sex-positive care for LGBTQ+ individuals and families, including affirming therapeutic support for those navigating social and medical transition.
Your Therapy Journey
Therapy is never one-size-fits-all and sessions are adapted to fit your mental health needs.
All sessions are 53-minutes via telehealth (video) either once a week or bi-weekly
15 Minute
Consultation
Intake
Therapy Sessions
End of
Treatment
This is a free consultation that allows us the opportunity to discuss your needs and determine if we would be able to address them in treatment together. If our work together is appropriate, we then schedule an intake.
The intake is the very first session, during which we talk about your medical and psychiatric history, childhood, traumas, social support systems, and other areas of your past and present which will help me better able to help develop a plan for therapy. We will also discuss expectations and rights which you are entitled to as a client.
Sessions are 53 minutes long and are by telehealth video. You will choose how often we meet together, which is either weekly or bi-weekly. The number of sessions we have is determined by:
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The strength of our working relationship
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Your treatment goals
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How well you respond to treatment
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Your continued need
The end of our work ushers in the end of treatment and discharge. You are welcome to stop therapy at any time and for any reason. Likewise, I may determine that your needs are outside of my scope of practice, at which time I would refer you to a different therapist.
Ready to Jumpstart Your Mental Health?
Get in Touch!
Reach out to me for any inquiries regarding services, costs, or insurance. I'm here to support you every step of the way. Use the submission boxes to the right, call, or email me directly...
Rates for Services
Rates for Services
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Consultation (15 minutes) Free
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Intake Session (53 Minute) $100
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Regular Session (53 Minute) $100
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Late Cancellation/No-Show $50
Accepted Payment Methods
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Self-Pay (see rates above) - All major credit cards accepted
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Out of Network Superbill - Self-pay and reimbursement
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Insurance
Insurances Accepted
It's important that you understand your insurance coverage. For in-network plans, I bill your insurance directly (usually a co-pay applies, which is collected at the time of service). Some policies may have a deductible that has to be met before the insurance will pay. I am limited by what insurance I can accept due to being an associate clinical therapist under supervision, with coverage determined by which insurance my supervisors are contracted under. With out-of-network insurance, you will self-pay (rates above) and you will be then responsible to submit documentation I provide for reimbursement. Even if I'm listed as in-network, it can take several sessions to determine if your insurance will pay.
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Aetna
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Anthem
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Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
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Cigna
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First Choice
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Kaiser Permanente/Group Health
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Lifewise
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Premera
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Regence
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United Healthcare
Cancellation/No-Show Policy
I require 24 hours notice ahead of a scheduled session for cancellation. I schedule around clients, and cancellations interrupt my ability to provide mental health care to clients who may need extra sessions. Cancellations under 24 hours will result in a fee of $50. Multiple cancellations in a row may result in services being withdrawn, to make room for clients invested in their treatment. Not showing to a scheduled session without notification may result in termination of services.