- Years in practice
- 28
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arizona, Alaska
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Joan
Joan Dewey is a licensed clinical social worker who helps parents and individuals manage stress and the hard parts of family life. She brings 28 years of practical experience to conversations about parenting, mood, anxiety, addiction, and major life changes. Joan speaks plainly and offers steady support for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck.
She uses a person-centered style that respects each client's values and goals. Joan helps parents build clearer communication and routines, and she supports people coping with grief, trauma, depression, or overwhelming stress.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns like ADHD, body image, sleep problems, and substance misuse. Joan combines cognitive behavioral ideas with attachment-focused thinking and mindfulness practices. In sessions she helps clients notice patterns, try new responses, and practice small changes that add up.
Motivational interviewing is part of her toolbox for people who want to change habits or substance use. Her background includes long-term clinical work in Alaska and Arizona and a focus on helping people recover from traumatic events and loss. She understands how cultural and historical stressors can affect daily life and relationships.
Joan describes her approach as compassionate, respectful, and nonjudgmental. Therapy with Joan tends to be collaborative and goal-oriented. She works with each person to set practical steps for communication, emotion regulation, and coping.
Her aim is to help clients build skills they can use outside sessions and feel more confident in parenting and daily life.
What Joan works with
Everything Joan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Joan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joan lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting and stress work
Joan draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and problem-focused, which can be useful for anxiety, mood shifts, sleep struggles, and parenting routines.She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape behavior and emotion. This approach helps people understand patterns in family interactions and build more supported, responsive ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joan collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress is made. The process is conversational and trial-focused rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy parents and people on the go. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when needed. Phone sessions can fit a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, brief coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in everyday life.
Questions people ask about Joan
What kinds of concerns does Joan address?
She helps with parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, and related areas listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Joan uses a person-centered, respectful style that emphasizes collaboration. Sessions focus on clear communication, practical skills, and gradual change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 28 years of experience providing psychotherapy in a variety of settings and with many different life concerns.
Where is Joan licensed and located?
Joan holds LCSW credentials and provides services in Arizona; her profile also notes licensure in Alaska.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Joan?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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