About Joi
Joi Allen-Baaqee uses a client-centered approach that puts each person's experience first. She draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Joi offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence so people can talk through hard feelings and find clearer next steps.
Joi has twelve years of experience working in mental health across several states and brings that background into each session.
Background and approach
She helps people understand patterns that keep them stuck and practices small, doable changes together. Sessions often include skills for coping with overwhelming thoughts and building confidence in everyday life. Many people seek her support for relationship and family concerns, grief, anger, and issues related to LGBT experiences.
She also works with addiction, parenting strain, workplace stress, and social anxiety. Joi blends practical problem-solving with attention to how feelings show up in the body and mind. Her counseling style is straightforward and warm.
She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and invites clients to try tools that fit their routine. Progress is paced to each person's needs, not rushed. Joi holds a Master of Arts and is credentialed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and as a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC.
She practices from Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English. If someone wants to begin, she guides them through the first steps and scheduling.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy is about making the session feel like a safe place to talk. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what is said, and helps people feel heard so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that cause distress and testing small changes to reduce symptoms and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joi will discuss options and try methods that match the person's goals, needs, and day-to-day life. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges that fit busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, Connecticut, Florida, Utah, Colorado, Delaware, Arizona
- Languages
- English