Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Joan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Joan
Joan Holmes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 25 years of experience. She focuses on listening carefully and helping people find practical ways to cope with stress, anger, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Joan uses a client-centered approach that puts each person’s goals first.
She pays close attention and gives people space to talk through painful feelings. Respect and patience are central to how she works in sessions.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with people facing family conflict, parenting strain, chronic illness, and caregiving stress. She has experience supporting people through trauma, bereavement, and relationship struggles, and has worked with people on the autism spectrum and teens in group home settings. Joan draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills and change unhelpful patterns.
She also integrates acceptance and commitment therapy and attachment-based ideas to strengthen relationships and values-based choices. She has worked in nonprofit social service settings and in-home environments, helping clients build stronger support systems. Joan aims to make the first step toward help feel manageable and straightforward for people and families seeking change.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joan lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative 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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while focusing on values-based action. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by clarifying what matters and taking small steps toward those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, anger, and low mood because it breaks problems into manageable steps.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joan will work together with each person to match techniques to their goals, symptoms, and daily life. She adapts tools from these approaches so sessions feel relevant and doable rather than theoretical.
Online sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls let you work face to face when you can; phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a way to reflect between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Joan
What issues does Joan commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, plus coping with life changes and compassion fatigue.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and patient. She listens closely, respects each person, and works with them to set goals and find useful strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Joan has 25 years of experience in counseling, including work in nonprofit social services and in-home support for families and teens.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Joan offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.