About William
William Goldberg is a licensed counselor with more than 25 years in the mental health field. He holds credentials as an LPCC and as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. He practices in California and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, depression, relationship concerns, and recovery from trauma and substance use.
He keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative. He creates a calm space where people can talk through hard emotions without judgment.
Background and approach
He guides conversations so problems feel more manageable and next steps become clearer. William draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address intense feelings and disruptive patterns. He helps people understand how past hurts and attachment issues affect current behavior.
He also works with common concerns like communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and the strain that divorce or separation can cause. For those facing substance use or addiction, he supports practical recovery steps alongside emotional work. He also helps people dealing with shame, emptiness, fertility and fatherhood stress, and complications tied to gender identity.
Sessions consider the full picture of co-occurring issues when they are present. People can expect clear goals, practical strategies, and a steady focus on building resilience. William partners with each person to tailor the work to their needs.
Starting therapy is framed as a step-by-step process toward clearer thinking and better daily functioning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
William uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that fit well into remote sessions. One common approach focuses on addressing traumatic memories and their effects on daily life by helping people identify triggers, practice grounding skills, and learn ways to reduce distress. This method can reduce the intensity of flashbacks and improve sleep and daily functioning.Another approach targets anxiety and mood by teaching practical coping skills and behavioral changes. Sessions break down overwhelming problems into small, manageable steps, and introduce simple routines to improve sleep, regulate mood, and lower stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy makes scheduling easier for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can help with quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates between meetings. These options offer flexibility so sessions fit work, family, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California, Washington
- Languages
- English