About Juanita
Dr. Juanita McGowan uses practical, goal-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and addiction. She brings 40 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker and speaks plainly about how thoughts and habits shape daily life.
Dr. McGowan offers a warm, encouraging presence while keeping sessions focused on realistic steps forward. She blends cognitive behavioral approaches with mindfulness and motivational techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and build new routines.
How Juanita works
Sessions often focus on small, achievable goals like improving sleep, managing anger, or reducing harmful behaviors. She also supports people who are dealing with chronic illness, caregiving strain, or end-of-life matters. Dr.
McGowan respects cultural background and life story when tailoring care. She can include a person’s faith in the work if they want to. Her experience includes work across multiple settings such as counseling, teaching, coaching, and administration over four decades.
People can expect straightforward guidance, practical skills, and encouragement to use their strengths. She draws on solution-focused tools to keep progress visible and motivation high. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Dr. McGowan holds an LSCSW, which is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker. She earned social work degrees from the University of Kansas and a PhD in Adult and Continuing Education from Kansas State University.
She practices from Kansas and offers services in English, including online formats.
Juanita lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Juanita works with
The areas below are the ones Juanita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dr. McGowan commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises and step-by-step plans. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breath practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness, which can help with anxiety, stress, and chronic pain.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That includes discussing whether to bring faith into sessions when that matters to the client, and adjusting the pace and focus as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for quick coaching, homework support, and more frequent touchpoints between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and across time zones.
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