About Joanna
Joanna Ekevati is an AASW social worker with 13 years of clinical experience who uses practical, person-focused approaches to help people manage anxiety and stress. She brings a calm, non-judgemental style to sessions and aims to help clients build strength and move forward after difficult experiences.
Joanna draws on a mix of therapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based ideas. She often combines mindfulness and client-centred methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, workable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and grounded in day-to-day life, not just theory. Her background includes work across health, crisis and mental health services in Australia and overseas. Joanna has experience supporting people affected by trauma, domestic and family violence, grief, and major life transitions.
She has also supported people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and in hospital and emergency settings. Joanna uses a strength-based, client-centred way of working. She listens first, then helps clients set clear, achievable goals.
Her approach includes risk assessment and safety planning when needed, and collaborative case planning with other services where appropriate. People come to Joanna for help with coping skills, managing strong emotions like anger, processing loss, and repairing attachment wounds. She aims to help people feel steadier, make choices that align with their values, and regain a sense of control over daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It often suits people wanting clear skills they can use between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanna will listen to the client’s story, discuss options and use techniques that fit the person’s goals and preferences. Over time she adjusts methods based on what helps most, so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when travel is difficult, while phone sessions can work well if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, or to send quick reflections between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep consistent progress with an appropriately qualified therapist.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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