Joseph Paglia, LCSW, CSW

Joseph Paglia draws on family lessons about listening and compassion to shape his work as a therapist. He believes people seek counseling to be accepted, validated, and heard, and he approaches each person with that principle in mind.

With 25 years of experience working with children, teens, and adults, he is licensed in Georgia and holds the credentials LCSW and CSW - LCSW meaning Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW meaning Certified Social Worker. His clinical focus includes trauma and abuse, grief and loss, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, sleep difficulties, and coping with life changes, along with LGBT-related issues and sexuality matters. He also works with clients from a range of backgrounds including sex and adult entertainment workers and those involved in kink, BDSM, and alternative sexual cultures.

His therapeutic approach incorporates evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness techniques, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused work. He combines these methods with crisis management skills and attention to spirituality and religious contexts when relevant, including experience with Catholic spirituality.

Joseph views each person as the expert of their own story and emphasizes the strengths clients bring to the therapeutic process. He acknowledges that reaching out for change requires courage and positions himself as a supportive partner in that work. Outside of practice, his personal interests include dogs, baking, EDM, Drag Race, fitness, and pop culture.