Joanne Pisani
Practical support for stressed parents and families
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Joanne
Joanne Pisani is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps parents and individuals handle stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, and family conflict. She writes and speaks plainly about practical steps people can take. Her style centers on collaboration and clear goals so families can find routines and relief that fit day-to-day life.
Joanne brings 18 years of counseling experience and more than two decades in education and mental health leadership.
Background and approach
She has worked in elementary schools and run youth and family services, offering individual and group support. That background informs how she supports parents managing school concerns, behavior struggles, and transitions. In her practice she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside mindfulness and lifestyle strategies.
She integrates basic nutrition and wellness ideas when relevant, and draws on her longtime experience as a fitness instructor to encourage practical self-care habits. Joanne also has a Doctor of Education and multiple counseling degrees. She holds the LMHC credential - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and works in New York.
Her training and career include roles in school districts and independent practice that emphasize helping people build resilience and improve relationships. Her sessions focus on real-life change rather than labels. Parents can expect straightforward conversations, skill-building, and plans they can try between meetings.
The aim is to ease daily strain, strengthen connections, and help people feel more capable in their roles.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Joanne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside mindfulness and lifestyle strategies. Evidence-based techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaching practical skills to change them. These approaches help with anxiety, stress, anger, and family or parenting challenges by giving concrete tools to use at home.Mindfulness practices in her work teach simple breathing and attention exercises to reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation. Lifestyle strategies include basic nutrition and wellness suggestions and movement routines that aim to support mood and energy in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Joanne will work with clients to match methods to their goals, daily routines, and what feels doable. She discusses options and adjusts plans as progress and needs evolve, so the work fits the person's life.
The biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce time spent traveling, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people practice skills in their everyday environment and bring real situations into the conversation for immediate problem-solving.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Family problems
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Joanne
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point