About Josanna
Josanna Almanzar is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma and depression. She speaks plain, direct language and aims to make first steps feel doable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed. She creates a calm space where clients can name difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Sessions are meant to be practical and real. Josanna helps people build small routines and coping steps they can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on client-centered therapy, which prioritizes the client's perspective and personal goals. She also uses elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, helping people notice patterns of thinking and try different responses to feel better. Josanna has three years of professional experience as an LMHC in New York and more than five additional years working in mental health settings.
That background has included supporting people facing trauma, addiction, and life transitions. People often come to her wanting relief from anxiety, help with impulse control, support after sexual assault, or guidance through parenting and adoption-related stress. She works with women and young adults on issues like guilt, shame, social anxiety, and sexual concerns.
Her style is supportive and collaborative. She helps clients set clear goals, practice new skills, and track small changes that make daily life easier.
How Josanna’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's goals and viewpoint. The therapist listens closely and helps clients set their own pace for change, which can be useful for issues like grief, relationship stress, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, actions, and feelings connect. It uses practical exercises and short homework tasks to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and impulsive behavior.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will work with the client to try different techniques and choose what fits best with the client's needs and daily life. Goals and methods are revisited as progress happens so plans stay relevant and useful.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual connection for deeper conversation, phone sessions offer a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support brief updates or coping reminders between meetings. These options give flexibility for different schedules, energy levels, and communication preferences.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English