About Joseph
Joseph De Vico is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of clinical experience who helps people manage anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and life transitions. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical change so clients can feel less overwhelmed and more in charge of daily life. He begins by listening to what is most painful or confusing.
Then he helps people sort through unhelpful beliefs and patterns that get in the way of feeling steady.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce immediate distress and build clearer choices for work, relationships, and self-care. Joseph draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide problem solving and emotional regulation. He works with issues such as trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, anger, and low self-esteem.
He also supports people facing career shifts, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and complicated family dynamics. His background as an LMFT, licensed in Missouri and California, adds a systems perspective that looks at personal patterns alongside relationship dynamics. That perspective can be useful for communication problems, blended family issues, and fatherhood concerns.
Sessions move at a pragmatic pace. Expect clear goals, conversational feedback, and steps you can try between meetings. The work is collaborative - the therapist helps people identify what matters and then supports realistic change.
Joseph communicates in English and offers therapy through multiple online formats so people can fit sessions into busy schedules. He does not accept international clients and practices from Missouri.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Joseph uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes identifying and shifting unhelpful beliefs and stories that keep people stuck, which can help with anxiety, low self-esteem, and decision-making. Another approach centers on emotional regulation and coping skills for overwhelming feelings, useful for grief, trauma responses, and anger. These methods are used to build clear steps you can try between sessions and to measure progress a little at a time.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they set priorities, try methods, and adjust the plan when something isn’t helpful.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical needs while keeping sessions focused on practical results.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- California, Missouri
- Languages
- English
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