If you want a calm and grounded presence, Josette may fit well. She can help you navigate overwhelming emotions and complex dynamics. Josette offers steadiness, kindness, and deep presence. She also brings warmth and clarity into the room. Josette is a trauma-informed therapist for adults, children, and teens. She supports anxiety and chronic stress concerns. She also supports attachment wounds and relational pain. In addition, she helps with adoption identity struggles and grief. She is especially skilled at helping people rebuild trust. You may parent within shared custody. Some may also be an adoptee or foster youth. You may also parent through adoption or fostering. You may also feel a quiet sense of not okay in midlife. In each case, Josette offers safety and support. Her approach is body-based and spiritually sensitive. She also believes real healing remains possible.
Josette’s clinical presence feels calm, clear, and gently directive. Clients describe her as grounded and compassionate. They also find her easy to talk to. At the same time, she stays deeply professional and steady. She can hold complex emotional landscapes without flinching. Josette brings quiet integrity into sessions. She stays organized, attuned, and committed to what works. Josette weaves somatic awareness with attachment theory. She also uses trauma-responsive care with intention. As a result, clients feel more regulated and connected. They also feel more curious and hopeful. She may help a teen find language for feelings. She may also guide couples through disconnection. Josette may also support high-conflict co-parenting situations. In each case, Josette offers steadiness and structure. She also offers practical support and hope.
For clients who want it, Josette offers Christian counseling. She also offers faith-integrated therapy with maturity and grace. Josette understands spiritual questions often sit beside emotional pain. She also understands trauma can wound the soul. Therefore, she creates space for spiritual healing work. She explores these wounds gently and without judgment. You may navigate a faith crisis or deep longing. You may also want assurance that beliefs will be honored. Either way, Josette meets you where you are.
If you’re looking for a calm, grounded presence to help you navigate overwhelming emotions or complex life dynamics, Josette might be the right therapist for you. She is steady, kind, and deeply present—someone who brings both warmth and clarity into the room. Josette is a trauma-informed therapist who works with adults, children, and teens navigating anxiety, attachment and relational wounds, the invisible weight of chronic stress, adoption identity struggles, and grief. She’s especially skilled at helping people rebuild trust. Whether you’re a parent navigating shared custody, an adoptee or foster youth or parent, or a woman in midlife facing a quiet sense of “not okay,” Josette offers a space to feel safe, seen, and supported. Her approach is body-based, spiritually-sensitive, and rooted in the belief that real healing is possible.
Josette’s clinical presence is calm, clear, and gently directive. Clients describe her as grounded, compassionate, and easy to talk to—but also deeply professional, with an ability to hold complex emotional landscapes without flinching. Josette brings a quiet integrity into the room: she’s organized, deeply attuned, and committed to doing what works. She weaves together somatic awareness, attachment theory, and trauma-responsive care in ways that help clients feel emotionally regulated, curious, and more connected to themselves. Whether she’s helping a teen find language for what they feel, guiding a couple through moments of disconnection, or supporting a parent navigating a high-conflict co-parenting situation, Josette offers steadiness, structure, and hope.
For those who are interested, Josette offers Christian counseling and faith-integrated therapy with maturity and grace. She understands that spiritual questions often live alongside emotional pain—and that trauma doesn’t just wound the body or the mind, but the soul, too. Josette creates space to explore those wounds gently and without judgment. Whether you’re navigating a faith crisis, exploring a spiritual longing, or simply want to know your beliefs will be honored, Josette meets you where you are.
Adults
Teens
Children 12+
Women 50+
Teen Girls
Adoptive Parents/Adopted Children
Depression/Anxiety
Child-Parent Bonding/Attachment
Trauma & Abuse
Grief & Loss
Miscarriage/Infant Loss/Infertility
Life Transitions/Major Change
Healthy Boundaries
Foster Care/Adoption
High-Conflict Co-Parenting
Attachment Theory
EFT Emotion Focused Therapy
CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DBR Deep Brain Reorienting®
TBRI® Trust Based Relational Intervention MSOYW® Making Sense of Your Worth
5-Narrative Model
Integrative Parenting
Polyvagal Theory
Somatic Psychology
Biblical Christian Counseling
$130/hr
7522 N La Cholla Blvd Tucson, AZ 85741 Virtual/Telehealth
Mon 9:30-6pm
Tues/Wed 7:30-11:30am
Thurs 9:30-6pm
NOTE: Late Afternoons are Full
LCSW-2451 AZ Licensed Clinical Social Worker
TBRI® Practitioner
MSOYW® Facilitator
PrepareEnrich Facilitator
MSW Master of Social Work
BA Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
Qualified Arizona Clinical Supervisor
Josette Kehl, LCSW is an attachment-focused therapist. She supports adults, teens, children, and couples. Josette helps clients facing trauma, anxiety, and depression. She also supports relationship pain and emotional fallout. Josette is especially skilled at untangling complex dynamics. This may include childhood emotional neglect effects. It may also include shared parenting stress after separation. In addition, it may include long-term unseen or unheard feelings. Her work is gentle and direct. It is also body-based and deeply attuned. She brings steadiness that helps clients feel anchored.
Josette integrates somatic and attachment-based therapy in her work. Therefore, she works with thoughts and emotions. She also works with nervous system responses in the body. She helps clients notice how trauma shows up physically. This may include tension, reactivity, or shutdown. Then, she offers tools for regulation and grounding. She also supports reconnection and stability over time. If you feel stuck in anxiety cycles, she can help. She also helps with self-criticism and emotional overwhelm. Her path feels compassionate and practical.
In session, Josette builds insight and self-compassion together. She meets clients in confusion, grief, fear, and numbness. At the same time, she offers steadiness without rushing. She also avoids judgment and pressure. Her trauma-informed lens supports pattern awareness. She helps clients trace distress back to adaptive parts. These parts often formed during painful experiences. Then, she supports change with kindness and clarity.
Josette works with children and adolescents facing trauma and grief. She also supports identity struggles and major transitions. These may include adoption and foster care changes. With young clients, Josette brings a calming presence. She also uses a developmentally sensitive approach. Therefore, kids feel safer in their own skin. They also feel supported in expressing hard experiences. Josette specializes in relational wounds and developmental stress. She also supports early caregiving disruption and chronic instability. Her work draws from attachment theory and TBRI. TBRI stands for Trust-Based Relational Intervention. This framework helps children feel safe, seen, and connected.
Josette approaches each child with respect for their story. She also honors their nervous system needs and limits. Josette uses play and regulation strategies in sessions. She also builds relationship trust over time. Alongside child therapy, she offers parent coaching support. She helps caregivers build attunement and reduce reactivity. She also supports stronger emotional bonds at home. Her goal includes healing within the caregiving relationship. When connection feels safe, change becomes possible. She also helps caregivers understand behavior through a trauma lens. As a result, healing can take root at home.
Josette also supports parents in high-conflict shared parenting situations. In these cases, care can feel like an uphill battle. One parent may advocate for therapy while another resists. Even so, Josette keeps a child-centered focus. She prioritizes emotional safety and developmental needs first. When possible, she collaborates with caregivers with clear structure. She offers consistent communication and guided feedback. She also provides a steady therapy environment for the child. This support holds, even when outside stress rises.
Josette also comes alongside adults healing from childhood wounds. This may include abuse, neglect, or attachment trauma. These wounds can feel unspoken but still powerful. They often shape self-worth and relationship patterns. They can also shape nervous system functioning. Some clients feel stuck in survival mode for years. Others feel chronically anxious or emotionally shut down. Some also carry shame about lasting impacts. In these cases, Josette offers a gentle path forward. She stays deeply attuned and trauma informed. She honors the strength it took to survive. At the same time, she supports the longing for wholeness.
Whether you feel stuck in midlife wounds, Josette can help. She also supports teens who feel misunderstood and alone. She also supports children stuck in survival mode. In addition, she supports couples who feel disconnected. She also supports parents wanting to show up differently. Across these needs, Josette offers grounded and thoughtful care. Her therapy stays rooted in real hope and lasting change.
I deeply value a healthy work-life balance, and I try to live what I teach when it comes to rest, rhythm, and connection. When I’m not at Joshua Tree, you’ll most likely find me with my husband, our three grown children and their growing families, especially our new grandbaby—soaking up the joy of this sweet new season of life. I love being outdoors and staying active, whether that’s hiking, biking, skiing or pulling on my boots for a good line dancing night. Traveling and reading are two of my favorite ways to recharge and re-inspire, and if you ever want to win me over, skip the coffee—tea is my drink of choice, every time.
