Albany Therapists
Joshua Freitag
LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor
My name is Joshua Freitag and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon. I grew up in a small coastal town on a cranberry farm. In college, I spent some years at OSU before deciding to become a Catholic missionary in Argentina. I lived there for three years, missioning, studying, discovering who I was and deepening in friendship. In 2018, I returned to the US and quickly realized I wanted to work one-on-one with people by being a counselor. I find great joy in helping people grow and navigate life.
Joshua's Approach
As a counselor, I am here as a sounding board to listen to what is going on in your life and to be a signpost to help each client discover for themselves how to resolve life’s problems. I appreciate the uniqueness and dignity of each person while providing a peaceful environment where clients are heard in their distress, given tools to improve life, and learn about themselves during a healing encounter with another person. With individuals coming from a Christian and/or Catholic worldview, I specialize in a faith integration approach towards counseling.
I work with individual adult clients (men and women) who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, self-acceptance, life transitions, issues arising from communication and emotional invalidation/repression. I typically operate from a cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approach with elements of parts work. A niche I commonly support are individuals desiring/needing to have an individual therapist while simultaneously seeing another therapist for couples counseling with their spouse/partner.
More About Joshua Freitag
While at Western Seminary, I was an intern first with Polk County Behavioral Health in Monmouth. This was a community mental health site and I worked with both youth & family, and adults. I finished my internship experience at Authentic Hope in Corvallis, where I worked with older teens and adults. I have been working at Arise since 2023. In seeing clients, my experience has been that an encounter with another person who listens, seeks to understand without judging, and is honest with clients fosters a relationship that leads to steps of healing and growth. Frequently, I have supported women struggling with a past of emotional invalidation from either themselves or others, as well as men who struggle with communication and emotional insight/repression, which is causing relational issues.
Education
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- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science from Oregon State University (Minors in Horticulture and Business & Entrepreneurship)
- Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Western Seminary
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Can I Help You?
I treat patients for:
- Anxiety, worry, stress, panic
- Depression, grief, loss, sadness
- OCD: Obsessive-compulsive thoughts or actions
- Relationship struggles (couple, family, or parenting)
