About Jo
Jo Ann McClure is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 18 years of clinical experience and a straightforward, compassionate approach. Jo Ann talks plainly and listens closely so people can describe what’s most worrying them.
She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear. Her sessions are warm and interactive. She avoids labels and focuses on practical ways to cope with grief, relationship problems, parenting strain, and life changes.
Background and approach
Jo Ann also supports people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, anger, low self-esteem, and ADHD-related concerns. Jo Ann blends several helpful approaches when meeting with someone. She uses client-centered ideas to follow each person’s pace.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Mindfulness and solution-focused work are part of her toolbox too. Mindfulness helps with grounding and managing strong emotions.
Solution-focused methods help people set short-term goals and track small steps forward. Jo Ann earned a master’s degree in community counseling and has practiced since 2007. She holds LPC and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) credentials and works from Wisconsin.
She offers care in English and accepts international clients when appropriate. Her style is respectful and nonjudgmental. Jo Ann aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs, helping them build skills to cope and move forward.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person's lead and adjusts pace to match what they need. This helps people who want a listening, respectful space to sort through feelings and priorities.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and stress. It is often useful for worry, mood challenges, and patterns that keep problems going.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions. It can help with anger, grief, and moments of overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan over time. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods fit best for their situation.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people access care around work, caregiving, or travel without changing the quality of the therapeutic work.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Maine, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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