About Jo
Jo Ann Farmer is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years in the behavioral health field. She moved into counseling after receiving help herself during a difficult time, and she now brings that lived perspective to her work. Jo Ann draws on her faith as a personal guide and offers a warm, listening presence for people who need support.
Her style is personable and interactive. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
She emphasizes respect, empathy, and encouragement while helping clients identify changes that matter to them. Jo Ann works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, grief, and parenting challenges. She has experience with trauma and abuse, survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, separation, and blended family conflicts.
She also helps with long-term issues such as attachment and aging concerns, and with situational problems like coping after a disaster or serious illness. Her clinical approach draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, and solution-focused strategies. In practice this means she listens first, teaches specific coping skills, and helps people set small, achievable goals.
Jo Ann matches methods to each person’s needs and ability to engage. Jo Ann is based in Georgia and conducts therapy in English. She aims to provide steady support, practical tools, and gentle guidance for people ready to address life’s challenges.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist creates an accepting space and follows the person's lead to find what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thought and behavior patterns, then teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression.Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. Jo Ann will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide whether a skills-based plan, a client-led process, or a mix of methods fits best.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people meet face to face when they want depth. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or during a shorter break. Live chat and text messaging are good for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options provide flexibility while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English