About Joanne
Joanne Slatinsky is a licensed professional counselor with 37 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Joanne listens closely and keeps things straightforward so worried readers can understand what therapy might look like for them.
Her work often begins with understanding what matters most to each person. She helps people sort through relationship strain, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, and symptoms of depression or ADHD.
Background and approach
Trauma and intimacy-related concerns are also areas she addresses with care. Joanne blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She supports people in building coping skills, changing unhelpful habits, and developing clearer communication.
Sessions aim for real-life changes rather than abstract ideas. She also brings attention to longer-term stresses such as caregiver responsibilities, chronic illness or pain, aging concerns, and family-of-origin patterns. Those facing control issues, codependency, infidelity, or divorce can work on practical strategies to move forward.
When faith matters to a person, Joanne can incorporate a Christian perspective into therapy while respecting individual beliefs. People who choose to work with her can expect a respectful, steady partner as they sort priorities, try new behaviors, and build emotional resilience.
How Joanne’s Approaches Work Online
Joanne commonly uses client-centered techniques and cognitive behavioral therapy online. Client-centered work means she focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience, then follows their lead to set goals. Cognitive behavioral work involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice stress reactions and calm their bodies and minds. Mindfulness can be useful for sleep problems, anxiety, and coping with strong emotions. Joanne will discuss these options and help a person choose approaches that fit their needs and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, reminders, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and try approaches that match their comfort level.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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