About Joan
Joan Paradis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She offers a calm, conversational approach and listens without judgment. Joan aims to help people take steps toward feeling steadier and more able to handle daily demands.
Joan meets people where they are and focuses on practical, usable tools. Sessions often include talking through current problems, building coping skills, and practicing small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
She pays attention to each person’s values and goals when shaping a plan. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns, including depression, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with workplace stress, compassion fatigue, and the aftermath of disasters.
Joan brings steady presence to conversations about parenting, caregiving at end of life, and first responder issues. Joan uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Client-Centered Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She blends those approaches to match what makes sense for each person.
The aim is to build skills that fit daily life, not only brief insights in the session. Sessions are offered in English and Joan practices in Illinois as an LCSW. Her style is patient and empathetic, with an emphasis on helping people find small, realistic steps forward.
If someone prefers a relaxed pace and practical focus, Joan can be a steady partner in that work.
How Joan’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarify what matters most. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes because it focuses on values-based action rather than fighting every worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical techniques for changing unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and workplace stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joan will talk with each person about goals and preferences and tailor methods accordingly. Together they decide whether ACT, CBT, mindfulness practices, or a mix fits best and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls work well for longer conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers no video. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and quick problem-solving between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and needs while keeping therapeutic work focused and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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