I am licensed in Michigan with 28 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, & coping with grief and loss. I also have experience working with depression. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Communication problems, Domestic Violence, Emptiness, First Responder Issues, Hoarding, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Postpartum Depression, Self-Harm, Somatization
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
MI LMSW 6801064797
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Joan is wonderful and had been incredibly helpful.
Written on Oct 07, 2023 after therapy with Joan for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and self esteem
Joan listens to my concerns and challenges me to think in different ways that would result in better outcomes for me. She cares about my well-being, physical and emotional. She helps me learn tools for relating positively in my personal relationships and that improve my life. My therapy sessions with Joan have been helpful for me!
Written on Feb 13, 2023 after therapy with Joan for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, and coping with life changes
Joan does such a wonderful job of building my self confidence and encouraging me to seek happiness through different avenues of life
Written on Dec 12, 2022 after therapy with Joan for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and self esteem
A very kind woman, she does her best to understand what it is your going though and try’s her best open the door for you just enough to where you feel like you can try something more.
Written on Dec 03, 2022 after therapy with Joan for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue