About Jay
Dr. Jay Goodman is a Pennsylvania licensed psychologist with decades of clinical work behind him. He earned a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and brings 38 years of experience to his practice.
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, and depression. He has worked in hospitals and group practices, and has supported people dealing with loss and serious illness. His background includes work in behavioral medicine and health psychology, and he has offered care informed by Positive Psychology.
Background and approach
He also has experience helping survivors of suicide. In sessions he aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space. People are encouraged to speak plainly about what they are feeling and thinking.
The focus is on practical steps and clearer understanding rather than technical language. Dr. Goodman uses several approaches that fit different needs.
He draws from client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s perspective and from cognitive behavioral techniques that target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also brings existential ideas for people wrestling with life meaning and purpose. Therapy sessions move at a person’s pace.
The work may include learning coping skills for anxiety, practicing new ways to talk about relationships, or grieving at a manageable speed. He frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at helping people find clearer direction and better daily functioning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort out feelings and priorities, and it adapts well to video or phone sessions because the emphasis is on conversation and reflection.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often uses short exercises and homework, which fit neatly into follow-up by text or live chat as well as video sessions.
Existential therapy addresses questions about meaning, purpose, and responsibility. It can help people who feel stuck or are facing major life transitions by encouraging exploration of values and choices during regular conversation-based sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides which methods are used and how sessions are structured.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or multitasking is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or following up on coping skills between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care when travel or other constraints arise.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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