About Joanne
Joanne Stein, MD, LCSW-C brings 18 years of clinical experience to her practice in Maryland. She focuses on steady progress over perfection and aims to help people take practical steps toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day functioning. Her tone is approachable and often warm, with a dash of humor when it fits the moment.
Joanne blends practical therapies to address anxiety, depression, and relationship stress. She often helps people struggling with focus and attention, including ADHD-related concentration and memory difficulties.
Background and approach
She also supports those coping with grief, addiction, caregiver strain, career burnout, and life transitions. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Joanne listens first, then works with each person to set achievable steps.
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and skills-based methods to reduce overwhelm and improve everyday routines. Her style can include light sarcasm or wit when appropriate and welcomed, and she maintains respect and sensitivity throughout the work. Joanne notes that occasional feline coworkers may appear during virtual sessions, bringing moments of levity.
Joanne combines clinical experience with motivational coaching to build confidence and strengthen coping skills. She helps people clarify values, improve communication, and manage impulsivity or anger. Her aim is practical change you can notice between sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and goals; this approach helps people feel heard and accepted while working through relationship, self-esteem, or life-change concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve concentration problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, impulsivity, and stress, which can be useful for anger, mood instability, or impulse control difficulties.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then suggest techniques from these methods to fit the situation. The plan can change as progress is made, so clients and therapist decide together what to try next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and teaching skills with visual aids. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat or text messaging works well for short updates, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers written conversation. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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