About Jose
Jose Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience. He brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions and focuses on helping people build self-esteem, motivation, confidence, and self-control. He also helps people manage stress, depression, and anxiety.
Jose uses everyday language and clear steps so parents and individuals can follow along easily. Before counseling he had a career as a professional boxer and later founded a program called The Boxing Therapy.
Background and approach
That background shapes his hands-on, action-oriented approach. He emphasizes pacing work to match each person's energy and goals rather than using one fixed plan. Jose blends listening with active techniques drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas.
He helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to test new behaviors. Emotion-focused methods are used when relationships or strong feelings are central to the concern. He also pays attention to cultural context and immigration-related stress, and he supports people dealing with discrimination or seasonal mood shifts.
Sessions address practical problems like sleep, eating, work strain, and parenting challenges alongside deeper issues such as trauma, grief, and identity concerns. Jose offers sessions in English and Spanish and works with people across Missouri and beyond. He aims for straightforward goals and clear next steps so clients leave each meeting with something they can try before the next session.
How Jose's Approaches Translate to Online Work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people set their own goals. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps clarify priorities for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses short exercises to test new ways of acting. CBT works well over video or messaging because homework and simple experiments can be assigned and reviewed between meetings.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the first sessions. Jose will work collaboratively to decide whether to emphasize listening, cognitive techniques, or emotion-focused work based on the person's concerns, goals, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is reviewed together.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat or text messaging is handy for brief updates, scheduling, or continued support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, and family routines while keeping focus on the goals discussed in sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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