About Joanna
Joanna Smith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Arizona. She has four years of clinical experience helping people through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, and questions about identity. Joanna creates an affirming space for LGBT people and for those exploring intimacy, sexuality, and life purpose.
Joanna uses straightforward, practical work in sessions. She helps people notice patterns, practice new ways of relating, and try small behavior changes between meetings.
How Joanna works
She blends trauma-focused tools with approaches that emphasize connection and present-moment awareness. People come to Joanna for many reasons: career stress, depression, addiction concerns, grief after separation, or struggles with self-esteem and anger. She also supports those dealing with attachment wounds, codependency, and complex sexual identities or practices such as kink and BDSM.
Her work includes attention to co-occurring issues like substance use and ADHD. Sessions aim to build clearer communication and more reliable coping skills. Joanna often pairs mindfulness exercises with emotionally focused techniques to help people feel calmer and more able to speak their needs.
She also uses methods for processing traumatic memories when those come up. Joanna describes therapy as a collaborative process. She listens first, then helps set goals that match a person's values and life demands.
People who want practical guidance, honest feedback, and a steady ally during tough transitions tend to find this approach helpful.
Joanna lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Joanna works with
The areas below are the ones Joanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy tailored to your needs
Joanna often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify their values and take small meaningful steps toward them. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts without getting stuck and building actions that match what matters most, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques to help people better understand and express emotions in close relationships. EFT-style work supports clearer communication and stronger emotional connection, which is useful for intimacy issues and relationship distress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest methods that fit your situation. She treats approach selection as a collaborative process and adjusts plans as progress is made.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversational experience while phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging let people send updates between sessions or choose a more flexible rhythm of contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, and other daily demands while keeping the focus on consistent progress.
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