Joanne Deal, LPC

Joanne Deal is a licensed, master's-level counselor practicing in Connecticut who helps people work through the difficulties that keep them from living a fuller life. She frames counseling as a collaborative process that often promotes growth across emotional, relational, spiritual, and existential dimensions, and acknowledges that addressing painful developmental experiences may be part of that work. She emphasizes that real change usually requires effort beyond the hour spent in sessions - clients may be offered between-session exercises, reading, or other practical assignments to reinforce progress and apply new skills in daily life.

Joanne draws on an eclectic clinical toolkit, including Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Existential Therapy, tailoring methods to each client's presenting needs. Areas of specialty include anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, relationship and parenting concerns, intimacy and family issues, trauma and abuse, and challenges related to Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism. She also works with people facing life transitions, chronic illness or caregiving stress, anger management, eating and self-esteem concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Her training includes an A.A. with high honors from a southern California community college, a B.A. from the University of Southern California earned summa cum laude with induction into Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, and an M.A. in Professional Counseling from Liberty University with high academic honors. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - in Connecticut and is a Nationally Certified Counselor. Joanne is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors. She is not currently accepting new clients.