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Online therapist

Juanita Bobo

Compassionate, practical support for everyday challenges

Credentials
LPC, LCMHC
Experience
12 years
Licensed in
Michigan, North Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Juanita

Juanita Bobo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and career challenges. Her straightforward style aims to make starting therapy easier for a worried parent reading on a phone.

She creates a calm space where clients can talk through thoughts and feelings without judgment. Her work centers on clear, skill-based strategies that people can use between sessions.

Background and approach

She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and from Motivational Interviewing to help clients find their own reasons to change. Sessions often include goal setting, coping tools, and small, steady steps toward improvement. Juanita has experience addressing issues such as relationship concerns, parenting stress, sleep problems, substance use, and trauma and abuse.

She also helps with less visible problems like compassion fatigue, isolation, and work-related burnout. She practices in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth.

She listens first, then helps build an action plan that fits each person’s life. The focus is on practical progress rather than labels. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that fit their timing and needs.

Therapy is offered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How these approaches work in online sessions

Juanita uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into small parts and teaches tools people can use right away, which is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support change by exploring a person’s own reasons and strengths. This method is helpful when motivation feels low or when someone is trying to change habits like substance use or coping patterns.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. Juanita listens to each person’s goals and preferences and then adapts techniques that fit their life. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when video isn’t possible, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or continued support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other responsibilities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Juanita address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, career issues, coping with life changes, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on clear strategies and goal setting. She emphasizes listening first and then working together to build steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She holds 12 years of professional experience and has worked with a wide range of emotional and life challenges, including grief, career difficulties, and trauma.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is an LPC and an LCMHC licensed in North Carolina; credential details include MI LPC 6401016405 and NC LCMHC 18537.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect for therapy.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start therapy with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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