About JoAnn
JoAnn Park is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, addiction, and life transitions. She practices in New York and brings a calm, practical presence to sessions. JoAnn focuses on what each person needs rather than using a single fixed method.
She tailors her work to the individual. That can mean talking through current stressors, looking at patterns from the past, or practicing concrete tools to ease symptoms.
Background and approach
JoAnn has long experience with substance use concerns and is familiar with Alcoholics Anonymous and recovery-related support networks. Clients often come for help with panic, phobias, grief, relationship problems, or struggles with self-esteem. JoAnn also supports people coping with trauma, compassion fatigue, and discrimination.
She pays attention to how emotions, thoughts, and behavior interact in daily life. Her style blends psychodynamic ideas with client-centered, cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, and mindfulness approaches when helpful. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps the person can try between meetings.
She respects each person's values and beliefs and works without imposing her own. JoAnn offers multiple session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People looking to start choose the Start Therapy button, fill a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens carefully and follows what the person brings to sessions, offering support and reflection to help clarify goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It offers practical tools and exercises to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and change unhelpful patterns in daily life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and reshape how they respond to strong emotions in relationships. It can be useful for intimacy concerns, grief, and communication problems by helping people name feelings and try new ways of connecting. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the early work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try approaches that fit, and adjust the plan based on what feels useful. This is a collaborative process, with the person’s needs and preferences guiding decisions. Online sessions offer practical advantages. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be good for a shorter check-in. Live chat or text messaging lets people share between sessions and get brief support when new challenges come up. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress consistent.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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