Joshua Cook, LPC

Joshua Cook is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 4 years of professional experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and related challenges. He centers his work on a strengths-based perspective, holding that each person is the expert of their own story and that existing strengths can be mobilized to overcome obstacles. Joshua aims to support clients through the courageous steps involved in seeking greater well-being, offering compassionate guidance and practical tools to help restore hope and foster recovery.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University with a double major in psychology and economics, followed by a master's degree in general psychology from Sam Houston State University and additional post-graduate counseling studies at Liberty University. Joshua's professional background includes roles as a Mobile Crisis Outreach Coordinator and training public school teachers in Mental Health First Aid. He has served people on probation and parole as a counseling associate and case manager, and as a counseling intern he volunteered at a Crisis Stabilization Unit where he led psychoeducation groups on relapse prevention planning and building social support.

As an associate counselor at a private practice, Intentional Counseling, Joshua provided telehealth counseling to couples, children, teens, and individuals. His clinical interests include addictions, LGBT issues, sleep concerns, parenting challenges, anger and self-esteem work, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. He integrates practical evidence-informed approaches while collaborating with clients to identify goals and pathways for change.