- Compassionate and direct
- Trauma-informed care
- Goal focused
About Joana
Joana Sossaman is a licensed professional counselor who helps people work on self esteem, stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns. She presents a calm, respectful approach and aims to meet people where they are. Joana frames therapy as practical work and support rather than labels or judgment.
Joana holds LPC and LPCC credentials and has seven years of professional experience. She has worked with people coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and compassion fatigue. Her practice also addresses issues like codependency, guilt and shame, panic attacks, and process addictions such as gambling or exercise concerns.
In sessions Joana tailors conversation and the plan to each person's needs. She focuses on helping people notice patterns, practice different responses, and build stronger self-regard. The work can include processing past hurt, learning new coping skills, and setting small, manageable goals.
Joana uses therapeutic approaches that include existential ideas, trauma-focused work, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. These methods are used to address the effects of trauma, to explore life meaning, and to reduce distress tied to traumatic memories.
People who choose Joana can expect a direct but compassionate style. She emphasizes collaboration and practical steps that fit everyday life. To begin, she asks questions about what matters most and then shapes the work around those priorities.
Joana holds LPC and LPCC credentials and has seven years of professional experience. She has worked with people coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and compassion fatigue. Her practice also addresses issues like codependency, guilt and shame, panic attacks, and process addictions such as gambling or exercise concerns.
In sessions Joana tailors conversation and the plan to each person's needs. She focuses on helping people notice patterns, practice different responses, and build stronger self-regard. The work can include processing past hurt, learning new coping skills, and setting small, manageable goals.
Joana uses therapeutic approaches that include existential ideas, trauma-focused work, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. These methods are used to address the effects of trauma, to explore life meaning, and to reduce distress tied to traumatic memories.
People who choose Joana can expect a direct but compassionate style. She emphasizes collaboration and practical steps that fit everyday life. To begin, she asks questions about what matters most and then shapes the work around those priorities.