About Joelle
Joelle Purdy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, who uses a client-centered approach to help people manage anxiety and life changes. She focuses on listening closely and building a respectful, collaborative relationship. Her style is warm and interactive and aims to help people feel understood while they work toward their goals.
Joelle brings practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She pairs that with mindfulness exercises to reduce immediate stress and increase awareness in daily life. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques guide short-term planning and clarify next steps. She often helps people facing grief, stress, relationship or intimacy concerns, parenting strains, career shifts, low self-esteem, depression, or compassion fatigue.
Additional areas Joelle pays attention to include caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, blended family dynamics, multicultural issues, and women's issues. These topics often come up together, and she helps people untangle them one step at a time. Joelle has four years of clinical experience working in the District of Columbia as an LICSW.
She tailors conversations to each person’s goals and pace, offering a balance of practical tools and empathic listening. Sessions aim to leave people with clear ideas they can try between meetings. Her sessions are conducted in English and use a mix of coaching and therapy techniques when useful.
People who want to begin are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that suits their needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Joelle uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors. CBT often helps with anxiety, low mood, and practical problems by breaking issues into small, manageable steps.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing exercises that reduce stress in the moment. Mindfulness can be useful for anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes by increasing awareness and grounding.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Joelle works together with each person to set goals, test techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. She combines short-term problem-solving with ongoing discussion about values and priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual connection, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support quick coaching, brief check-ins, or when typing the main form of communication fits a person’s schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities, while still using evidence-based approaches.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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