About Jo
Jo Ann Partain-Broquie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship struggles. She uses a calm, steady style to make it easier to talk about hard feelings. Jo Ann welcomes honest, straightforward conversation and focuses on what matters most to each person.
She draws on more than 22 years of experience working with adults. Sessions start by listening to the client's story and identifying practical steps to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Jo Ann pays attention to attachment patterns and childhood experiences that continue to shape current relationships and reactions. Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies. That means she supports people in naming emotions, testing unhelpful thoughts, and trying small behavior changes between sessions.
Trauma-focused methods are used when early wounds affect present life and relationships. Jo Ann also helps people navigate issues like abandonment, communication problems, body image, and feelings of isolation. She offers straightforward guidance on coping skills, setting boundaries, and building self-compassion.
Her goal is to help clients feel more capable and less overwhelmed day to day. Sessions can include practical exercises, reflective conversation, and collaborative planning. Jo Ann encourages clients to move at a pace that feels manageable while working toward clearer goals and healthier patterns.
How these approaches work online
Jo Ann uses attachment-informed work to look at how early relationships shape present reactions and connections. This approach helps when people struggle with trust, closeness, or patterns that repeat in relationships.She also uses client-centered methods that focus on active listening and following the client's lead. That creates space for people to talk through their concerns while feeling heard. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot negative thinking, try small behavior changes, and track progress between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Jo Ann will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She treats this as a team effort and adjusts strategies as progress unfolds.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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