Therapist profile
Joanna Smith, LPC
Arizona
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Arizona / LPC-24879
- NPI1922831668
- Experience4 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationArizona
About
- Anger management skills
- Attachment work
- Mindfulness practice
About Joanna
Joanna Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues around identity and sexuality. Her work includes support for people facing anger, addiction, career stress, and major life changes.
Joanna aims for clear, practical sessions where people talk through what is happening now. She uses straightforward tools to reduce reactivity and to improve day-to-day coping. Sessions often include noticing patterns, practicing new responses, and setting realistic small goals.
Her background includes approaches that address both current behavior and past attachment experiences. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act according to their values even when feelings are strong. Attachment-based ideas help when anger or mistrust link back to earlier relationships.
Joanna also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people make sense of difficult interactions and to improve communication. For trauma-related symptoms she may incorporate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to process painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life.
People who come to Joanna often want concrete changes - less snapping, clearer boundaries, or better work-life balance. She supports LGBTQ people and those exploring gender or sexual identity, and she works with addictions, codependency, and compassion fatigue. To begin, she asks about current concerns and goals, then agrees on practical steps to try.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Joanna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. ACT is often useful for anger that shows up around work or relationships because it focuses on small behavior changes rather than trying to eliminate feelings.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions. This approach helps when anger or mistrust traces back to old hurts and when improving communication matters most.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanna will discuss options and together decide which methods fit your goals. That plan can change as you learn what works and what doesn't.
Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography did not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins during a workday. They can also let people try techniques such as mindfulness practice or emotion-focused exercises in familiar routines, and they support consistent follow-up when life gets hectic.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
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What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship problems, trauma and related issues such as addiction, self-esteem, career strain, and life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and goal-focused. Sessions emphasize noticing reactions, practicing new responses, and setting small achievable steps.
What is her clinical experience?
She has four years of experience as a clinician working with people who face trauma, relationship strain, addiction, and identity questions.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Arizona and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently taking international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking since specific formats were not listed in the biography.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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