About Joana
Joana Sossaman offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, or trauma. She explains options clearly and works with each person to create a plan that fits their life. Joana uses a respectful, compassionate approach and helps clients take practical steps toward feeling better.
Joana holds licenses as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and brings seven years of clinical experience.
How Joana works
She has worked with people managing depression, panic attacks, substance and process addictions, and the effects of sexual assault and domestic violence. She also helps with grief, family-of-origin concerns, shame and guilt, dissociation, and codependency. Her practice draws on trauma-focused methods, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and existential ideas about meaning and choice.
In sessions she focuses on what is happening now and practical ways to cope. She tailors conversations and plans to each person's specific needs and goals. Joana supports people navigating life changes, intimacy-related worries, anger, isolation, and compassion fatigue.
She guides clients through building self-love and healthier routines. The aim is to empower people to make changes at a pace that feels manageable. Sessions are offered from her New Mexico location and conducted in English.
Joana describes therapy as a collaborative process where questions and feedback shape the work together.
Joana lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Joana works with
The areas below are the ones Joana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Mexico |
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Online support options
Approaches for Trauma and Meaning in Online Sessions
Joana uses a mix of trauma-focused therapy, EMDR, and existential ideas to address difficult experiences and current struggles. Trauma-focused therapy zeroes in on how past harm affects daily life and teaches coping tools to reduce distress and improve functioning. EMDR uses guided eye movements or similar techniques to help process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge. Existential therapy centers on questions of meaning, choice, and responsibility, helping people re-evaluate priorities and make values-based decisions.Choosing the right approach is part of starting therapy. Joana works collaboratively to identify which methods match someone’s history, symptoms, and goals. She explains options, checks in about preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for more interactive exercises and EMDR-style processing, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick verbal check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people keep therapy consistent despite busy lives.
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