About Joanne
Joanne Scarrone is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens carefully to understand what a person is facing. Sessions aim to be practical so people leave with clear steps they can try between meetings.
Joanne draws on twenty years of experience and training to guide conversations about mood, sleep, grief, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She learned early in her career while working with a psychologist for eleven years, which gave her a strong sense of how the mind and body interact. That background informs how she looks at symptoms and coping patterns. Her work uses person-centered principles, meaning she centers the person’s goals and pace.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. Mindfulness practices and narrative methods help people notice their habits and rewrite difficult stories about themselves. Joanne often helps people who feel isolated, empty, or overwhelmed by caregiving, parenting, or aging concerns.
She also addresses trauma and compassion fatigue with steady, straightforward support. Clients can expect a calm presence and concrete suggestions to try between sessions. Outside of counseling, Joanne enjoys gardening and painting, especially portraiture.
That interest in capturing a person’s essence mirrors how she approaches therapy - noticing small details that matter and building on strengths.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Joanne often blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy during online work. Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist follows the person's goals and pace, offering empathy and reflection to help someone feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Joanne will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and adjust techniques as needed. That collaborative process helps decide when to use mindfulness exercises, narrative work, or practical CBT tools so the plan fits the person's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for people who prefer typed communication or need quick, frequent touchpoints between sessions. These options help therapy fit into busy lives and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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