About Joelle
Joelle Doherty is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family tension, anger, and major life changes. She has two decades of experience in mental health and substance abuse settings. Her approach is calm and practical, aimed at making therapy feel useful and manageable.
Joelle creates a supportive space where people can talk without judgment. She listens for strengths and patterns that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skill building and clearer thinking so daily life becomes easier to handle. Her background includes work in community mental health centers, partial hospitalization programs, inpatient psychiatric units, and college counseling centers. Joelle holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University in Boston.
Joelle draws on client-centered ways of working and cognitive behavioral techniques. She also uses supportive methods and mindfulness practices when they fit the person’s needs. The emphasis is on practical steps people can try between sessions.
People who choose Joelle can expect a strengths-based outlook that balances recognizing limits with building on what already works. She works with clear goals and collaborates on plans that suit each person’s life and responsibilities.
Approaches and options for online support
Joelle uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques to guide her online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead so they feel heard and understood; it helps with building confidence and clarifying values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Joelle treats this as a collaboration and will help clients test methods and pick what fits their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly to adjust tactics so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can be quicker and use less bandwidth, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing notes and brief support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, parenting, and travel while keeping a steady path toward change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English