About Joanna
Joanna White is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD. She helps people who are coping with life changes, grief, relationship strain, eating concerns, and career stress. Joanna uses clear, direct language and aims to make therapy feel practical and manageable for busy people.
Joanna began her career with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and worked with the prisoner reentry population.
Background and approach
She later earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California while working with people affected by domestic and sexual violence. Those roles gave her a broad view of both harm and healing. Across eight years of practice she has supported people who experienced childhood trauma, domestic or sexual violence, and disordered eating.
She also helps with compassion fatigue, parenting challenges, and midlife questions. Her background informs a grounded approach to safety, pacing, and rebuilding routines. Her style is straightforward and collaborative.
Sessions focus on practical skills and clear goals. Joanna blends approaches like cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness so people can try different tools and see what fits. People looking for a therapist who listens, gives direct feedback, and offers concrete techniques may find her approach useful.
She provides sessions in English and works remotely with clients in Ohio by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while tolerating difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, life transitions, and problems that feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will collaborate with clients to learn what matters, what has helped before, and what goals feel realistic. Together they try tools from different approaches and pick what fits the person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skills practice. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share updates between sessions or fit support into a busy day. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while still working with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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