Joanne Curgian, LPC

Joanne Curgian is a licensed professional counselor with 14 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She also supports those navigating parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, mood disorders, and identity-related issues. Joanne aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people who are ready to make change.

She draws on practical, evidence-informed methods to help clients develop new coping skills. Sessions focus on clear goals, actionable steps, and small experiments people can try between meetings. Joanne listens first, then helps people spot patterns that keep problems repeating.

Her background includes work in residential treatment, inpatient crisis intervention, substance abuse programs, probation settings, and private practice. That range gives her familiarity with intense situations and with everyday life changes. Joanne uses that experience to match support to each person’s situation.

Joanne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people recognize unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that worsen mood and anxiety. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental working relationship. Together these approaches aim to build practical skills while honoring each person’s pace.

People who reach out can expect clear conversation about goals and steps to get there. Joanne invites questions about how therapy will work and what to try next. She wants therapy to feel useful from the start.

Approach and options for online therapy

Joanne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT is practical work that often includes short exercises and homework to try between sessions.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental working relationship. That approach makes space for each person to guide the pace while the therapist reflects and supports clearer decision making.

Finding the right fit is part of the process. Joanne works collaboratively to choose approaches that match a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust methods over time.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people have a fuller conversation when time allows. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief updates, check-ins between sessions, or when more frequent but shorter contact helps maintain progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.