About Joel
Joel Soucie is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 20 years of clinical work to his practice in Missouri. He writes from experience and uses that background to relate to people facing hard changes. Joel aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can start feeling steadier in daily life.
He has worked in a range of settings over his career, including substance use and mental health programs, and correctional-related services.
Background and approach
Those years gave him a clear view of how stress, trauma, addiction, and mood struggles show up in day-to-day life. He draws on those experiences to help people name what is happening and make small, workable changes. In sessions Joel focuses on clear communication and direct problem solving.
He helps people work through anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, and anger. He also supports those managing ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compulsive behaviors, and process addictions such as gambling or problematic pornography use. Joel pays attention to life transitions and practical pressures like money, career, and parenting strain.
He helps people untangle issues of control, commitment, isolation, and a sense of emptiness. His style is empathetic and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on real steps people can try between sessions. People who prefer straightforward, experience-informed counseling often find his approach a good fit.
Joel works with each person to set goals and adjust the work as needs change.
Approaches that translate to online care
Joel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach he uses breaks problems into small, manageable steps and teaches skills people can use day to day to reduce anxiety and improve mood. This helps with panic, worry, and making routines that support stability.Another frequent focus is addressing addictive and compulsive behaviors by identifying triggers and developing alternative coping strategies. This work is concrete and skill-oriented, which fits well with short exercises and check-ins between sessions. A third strand of his work concentrates on trauma-related symptoms by helping people name difficult experiences, understand their reactions, and build safer ways to cope.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will collaborate with each person to choose and adjust techniques based on needs, goals, and what feels practical for everyday life. That process may shift as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use face-to-face time when helpful, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging support quick check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and other commitments while keeping the focus on usable tools and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English