About Joanne
Joanne Scarrone helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or life changes. She works with adults facing depression, sleep troubles, parenting strain, anger, compassion fatigue, and trauma. Joanne is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania and brings 20 years of experience to sessions.
Joanne uses simple, practical methods in conversations. She listens first and then helps people name patterns that get in the way. Sessions focus on skills you can try between meetings, such as thought work, mindfulness practices, or reframing the stories you tell about yourself.
Background and approach
Her training included a long collaboration with a psychologist, which added depth to her understanding of how body and brain interact. That experience shapes how she notices stress held in the body as well as in thinking. Joanne explains things plainly and offers step-by-step tools for coping and change.
She often mixes client-centered care with cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness. Narrative ideas are used when shifting painful or limiting life stories matters. This blend makes sessions flexible and practical for everyday problems.
Outside of work she gardens and paints portraits, paying attention to the small details that reveal a person’s essence. Joanna brings that same attention to sessions, helping people uncover strengths and clearer choices.
Approaches That Fit Your Life, Online
Joanne combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people manage real problems. Client-centered work means she listens closely and follows what matters most to the person in the room, helping them feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on practical steps - noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood.She may also draw on mindfulness techniques to teach simple ways of lowering stress through breath and attention. Joanne treats these approaches as tools in a toolbox and will work together with each person to find the best mix for their goals and preferences. That collaborative process includes checking what feels useful and changing course when needed.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick support, tracking progress, or continuing work between longer sessions. These flexible formats make it easier to connect around work, family, and daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English