Josh Bolle, MA, LMFTA

he/they

 * seeing clients virtually throughout North Carolina and Minnesota *
Josh believes that therapy is a place to facilitate healing and help clients access their inner resources and explore their preferred ways of being and relating in the world. We all bring different histories and experiences of pain, as well as strengths and hopes for ourselves and others dependent on biological and chosen family. Our identities also shape how we show up in various contexts (e.g. school, work, spiritual/faith organizations, etc) and impacts the therapeutic relationship, and I invite all aspects of you into the therapy space.
Josh approaches therapy from a collaborative, intersectional-feminist, and integrative perspective. People’s cultural identities (e.g. gender, race, sexuality) cannot be separated from experiences that may bring people into therapy. This makes therapy a unique endeavor to explore how people understand themselves within the context of their greater community.
Josh also takes a biopsychosocial-spiritual approach to understanding how people’s health impacts their relationships in and outside the therapy room. Josh utilizes modalities such as Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy, Bowen Family Systems, EFT/Attachment, Narrative, and Brainspotting in their work with clients. By integrating these perspectives, Josh considers all realms of a person’s life into account when in therapy.

Qualifications
​Josh Bolle (he/they) is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate (#12524A). He graduated from Lewis and Clark GSEC with his MA in Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy. They hold a BA in Psychology and Women and Gender Studies with a Minor in Sociology from Willamette University. Currently, Josh is a PhD student at East Carolina University getting his degree in Medical Family Therapy. He has completed an Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship and is currently attending training in Brainspotting to incorporate this trauma-informed modality with clients.

Counseling Background
​During their masters’ program, Josh completed his internship at
PeaceHealth Southwest Family Medicine Residency in Vancouver, WA with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. He also worked in a high school and early college doing brief therapy with adolescents and their families.

Specialization
​Josh’s clinical interests include various presenting concerns such as depression, anxiety, LGBTQ+ and racial identity formation, chronic illness diagnoses, as well as sexuality and spirituality and enjoys working with individuals, intimate relationships, and families from LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities.

Personal Life
In their spare time, Josh loves to bake new recipes for family and friends. He has most recently has enjoyed making cheesecakes and brownies! He also enjoys having solo-dance parties to a variety of music ranging from pop to classical and RnB. They also enjoy reading as well as writing poetry as a creative outlet to understand and connect with the world around them.