Works with
How Joan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arizona, Alaska
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Joan
Joan Dewey is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage strong emotions like anger, anxiety, and stress. She works with adults facing grief, addiction, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and life transitions. Joan practices in Arizona and brings 28 years of clinical experience to sessions.
Her style is warm and respectful. She focuses on clear communication and practical steps clients can use between sessions. Joan draws on approaches that help people understand how past relationships shape current reactions and build healthier patterns of coping.
Background and approach
In therapy she often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding. Mindfulness practices are offered to help calm the body and notice urges without acting on them. Client-centered care means sessions are guided by each person’s goals and pace.
Joan also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds influence trust, intimacy, and conflict. Motivational interviewing supports people who are unsure about change or facing addictions by finding their own reasons to move forward. She has worked with a wide range of concerns across many years, including trauma, mood disorders, sleep and eating issues, parenting challenges, and ADHD.
Joan aims to help people rebuild confidence, improve relationships, and find practical tools to manage daily life.
What Joan works with
Everything Joan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Joan's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joan lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current trust and emotional reactions. It can help people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and build new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches simple experiments and coping skills to reduce anger, anxiety, and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention to notice bodily sensations and impulses without acting on them, which can lower reactivity and improve sleep or eating patterns.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Sessions may shift over time as progress is made or new challenges appear, and choices are made together.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps with ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, quick follow-ups, and different ways to practice skills learned in therapy.
Questions people ask about Joan
What kinds of problems does Joan help with?
She supports people coping with anger, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and career or life changes.
What is Joan's therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and respectful with an emphasis on clear communication. Sessions focus on practical strategies and goals chosen by the client.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Joan has 28 years of experience providing psychotherapy across many presenting issues and life stages.
What credentials and location apply to Joan?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Alaska and Arizona and practices in Arizona.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Joan uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Joan?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.