About Joel
Joel Soucie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience. He practices in Missouri and offers sessions in English. Joel draws on a long career working in varied settings to help people navigate stress and anxiety and other life challenges.
He has worked with people in corrections, substance use treatment, mental health clinics, and co-occurring care. Those roles exposed him to a wide range of emotional responses and life situations.
Background and approach
That experience shaped how he communicates and listens with clients. Joel aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult events. He uses straightforward, practical conversation rather than technical language.
Sessions tend to focus on real problems and small, manageable changes that fit everyday life. He helps people address mood concerns like depression and bipolar symptoms, and manages worries such as panic and anxiety. Joel also supports people facing trauma, addiction, grief, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, and questions about life purpose or midlife change.
His background with offender services and substance treatment gives him familiarity with impulsivity, process addictions, and post-traumatic stress. That familiarity guides how he listens and what he notices in sessions. Joel aims to be empathetic and steady while people work through the next steps.
People who prefer direct talk and practical coping strategies often find his style a good fit. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Joel practices evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. One approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and panic - teaching simple breathing and grounding methods and then practicing them during sessions to help manage symptoms in the moment. Another approach emphasizes working through trauma and post-traumatic stress by helping people tell their story at a pace they can handle and developing tools to reduce distress tied to memories.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joel will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that suit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. The goal is to match techniques to what actually helps the individual in day-to-day life rather than to follow a fixed protocol.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is useful. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions and to communicate in bursts when schedules are tight. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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