Joshua Gates
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
22 yrs experience
Updated November 1, 2026 How we verify
About
Joshua Gates is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Puyallup, WA who works with individuals, couples, and families using a solution-focused, interactive approach. He addresses anxiety, depression, relationship and marital conflict, parenting, addictions, anger management, and military family life, and identifies serving Christian populations and military families among his areas of focus.
Services
- Relationship issues
- Behavioral issues
- Coping skills
- Anxiety
- Depression
- PTSD/Trauma
- Addiction
- Anger management
- Divorce
- Infidelity
- Parenting
- Family conflict
- Communication skills
- Premarital counseling
- Grief
- Self-esteem
- Life transitions
- Stress management
- Military family life
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Family Systems
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Mindfulness-Based
- Relational
- Object Relations
- Eclectic
State licenses
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Washington · License #LF00002538 · LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) Active
Reputation
3.6 / 5 across 9 reviews Mixed
- Healthgrades Rated 3.2 / 5 4 reviews
- Birdeye Rated 4 / 5 5 reviews
- Sharecare Rated 3.2 / 5 4 reviews
What clients praise
- Effective, growth-oriented therapy outcomes
- Straightforward, clear communication style
Common critiques
- Slow or unreliable phone/callback responsiveness when trying to reach the office
Red flags
- Multiple reviewers report difficulty reaching the office by phone (repeated unreturned calls/voicemails over days to weeks) before receiving a response
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 11 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Full name, credentials, practice location, fees, insurance, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, hours, license number LF00002538, 22 years in practice, photo (psychologytoday.com)
NPPES registry
- NPI 1780719351, legal name Joshua David Gates, taxonomy Marriage & Family Therapist, license LF00002538/WA, practice address, enumeration date Feb 22 2007, active status (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
provider website
- Practice name Joshua Gates Counseling LLC, contact phone [redacted], email [redacted], address (joshuagatescounseling.com)
e-counseling.com directory
- License LF00002538, MA Pacific Lutheran University 2004, AAMFT and WAMFT clinical memberships, DSM-5 Field Trials Collaborating Investigator (APA, 2012) credential (e-counseling.com)
WAMFT directory
- Listed as therapist and supervisor in Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy directory; page also states 'Psy.D.' and 'clinician since 2006', which conflicts with the MA credential used elsewhere (wamft.org)
Healthgrades directory
- Rating 3.2/5 from 4 ratings, specialties, education claims (BYU 2002 undergrad, PLU 2004 internship/residency) (healthgrades.com)
Healthgrades group directory
- Affiliation listed as 'South Hill Family Medicine PC'; no personal photo uploaded (generic placeholder shown); 4 ratings, 0 written reviews (healthgrades.com)
Birdeye reviews aggregator
- 4.0/5 rating from 5 reviews; positive comments on therapeutic effectiveness, negative comments on phone responsiveness (reviews.birdeye.com)
Sharecare directory
- 3.2/5 average rating from 4 reviews (sharecare.com)
Facebook page
- Official practice Facebook page for Joshua Gates Counseling (facebook.com)
web search aggregation
- No disciplinary, exclusion, lawsuit, malpractice, or Reddit mentions found for this provider in general web search (google.com)