About Joi
Joi Allen-Baaqee is a licensed mental health counselor and professional counselor with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and offers a calm, steady presence during difficult times. Joi emphasizes open conversation and practical steps that fit everyday life.
She uses a client-centered style that puts a person's goals and experience at the center of sessions. That means listening first, then working together on steps that feel achievable.
Background and approach
Joi also draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to help identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones. Mindfulness practices are part of the work when they help with grounding and reducing overwhelm. Motivational interviewing techniques are used to explore ambivalence and build the momentum needed for change.
These approaches are used in plain language and tied to real-life situations. Joi has supported people with issues including depression, grief, addictions, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and anger. She also assists with workplace stress, social anxiety and phobia, self-esteem, and questions about life purpose.
Multicultural concerns and LGBT topics are included in her focus areas. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, gentle reflection, and collaborative goal-setting. Joi practices in Massachusetts and holds MA LMHC and CO LPC credentials.
She offers several remote formats to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
Approaches for online anxiety and stress work
Joi commonly blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy when working online. Client-centered work means sessions start with listening closely to what matters to the person and shaping goals around those priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves noticing thought patterns that feed anxiety and practicing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce stress.Mindfulness techniques are often added to help with grounding and reducing overwhelm. These include simple breathing and attention practices that can be used in short moments during the day to manage anxious feelings.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joi will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day routines and adjust the mix of techniques over time. She checks in about what is helping and what needs to change so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is helpful for deeper, face-to-face conversations while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, short skill practice, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, Connecticut, Florida, Utah, Colorado, Delaware, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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