Joanne Scarrone meets people where they are and helps them make small, manageable changes.
01About Joanne
Joanne Scarrone meets people where they are and helps them make small, manageable changes. She listens for what matters most and works at the pace each person needs. Joanne is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania and brings 20 years of clinical experience to her practice.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She uses client-centered methods to focus on each person's goals and priorities. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice patterns of thinking and try different responses.
Background and approach
Joanne spent over a decade working alongside a psychologist after graduate school. That time strengthened her interest in how the body and brain interact and shaped how she assesses stress, sleep issues, and trauma reactions. Her background supports work with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, and isolation.
Sessions are conversational and often include skills practice. She helps people with coping during life changes, managing anger, navigating relationship concerns, and addressing compassion fatigue or burnout. Parenting challenges and attention difficulties such as ADHD are also areas she addresses.
She prefers plain language in sessions and uses mindfulness tools and narrative work to help people tell their story differently. Outside of counseling she gardens and paints, and portraiture informs her attention to individual strengths and identity.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC005181 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1154655538 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joanne lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Methods Joanne names
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's priorities. In practice this means sessions center on the client's experience and goals, and the therapist follows the client's lead to support change.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep issues, and managing anger by breaking problems into concrete steps and homework between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try different methods together to see what fits. Adjustments are expected as the work moves forward, and the focus stays on practical steps that help day-to-day functioning.
Online formats offer practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and skill practice easier during busy days. These options increase flexibility for scheduling and for fitting therapy into everyday life.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Joanne commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Her practice also addresses trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is conversational and client-centered, focusing on what matters most to the individual. She combines that with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness tools to teach practical skills.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She holds a master's degree and has 20 years of experience, including more than a decade working alongside a psychologist. That work deepened her understanding of how the brain and body relate to mental health.
Where is she licensed and based?
Joanne is a licensed professional counselor with a Pennsylvania LPC credential and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to people within the permitted region.
What session formats does she offer?
She conducts video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and getting started handled?
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