About Joann
Joann Meshamel is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. Joann uses straightforward, person-focused care to help clients make practical changes in everyday life.
Joann blends approaches that center the person with techniques that target thoughts and behavior. She draws on client-centered work to listen closely and build trust. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help people spot thinking patterns and try new behaviors.
How Joann works
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, eating and body-image issues, and intimacy-related problems. Joann also helps people navigate parenting challenges, career decisions, money stress, and caregiver strain. She pays attention to how attachment and communication affect relationships and day-to-day wellbeing.
With nine years of clinical experience, Joann aims for practical progress that fits each person's life. Sessions typically look at what is causing pain now and what small changes can help. She encourages skills people can use between sessions to build confidence and stability.
Joann provides services in English and works with adults from her California practice. Her LMFT credential indicates she is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California.
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What Joann works with
The areas below are the ones Joann selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Online approaches that focus on skills and listening
Joann uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy means the therapist focuses on listening, understanding each person's experience, and building a respectful working relationship. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness strategies when useful, especially for emotion regulation and staying present. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Joann will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time as progress is made.
Online therapy with Joann can happen via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when less bandwidth is needed, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging can keep momentum between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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