About Joanne
Joanne Curgian is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of counseling experience. She focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, addiction, mood concerns, and ADHD. Joanne aims to make therapy easy to access and straightforward for people feeling stuck.
Her background includes work in residential treatment, inpatient and crisis settings, and substance abuse programs. She has also worked with probation services and in independent practice. Those roles gave her a range of clinical experience with emotional and behavioral challenges.
Background and approach
Joanne uses a down-to-earth style in sessions. She listens first and helps people set clear, realistic goals. Together they map practical steps to manage symptoms, improve relationships, and handle life transitions.
Two of her common approaches are Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). With Client-Centered work she focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building trust. With CBT she helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that produce different results.
She works with concerns such as parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, postpartum depression, mood disorders, and complications around adoption or blended family dynamics. Joanne welcomes the decision to seek help and partners with people who want clearer coping strategies and steadier day-to-day functioning.
How Joanne Uses Therapy Methods Online
Joanne draws from Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and accepting each person’s point of view, which helps people feel heard and begin to explore what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors, helping people notice patterns and try specific changes to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, or address impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of how she works. Joanne collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs and goals. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is helping and what feels useful in daily life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for more interactive work. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers audio only. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility so people can keep progress moving even when life gets hectic.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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