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Juanita Gamache

Compassionate, practical counseling for family challenges

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Credentials
LCMHC, LPC
Experience
22 years
Licensed in
Tennessee, Utah
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Juanita

Juanita Gamache is a licensed counselor who focuses on practical help for people facing family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. She emphasizes a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through hard feelings. Juanita holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and draws on 22 years of experience in counseling adults.

She offers sessions by video, phone, chat, or messaging to make contact easier for busy lives.

Background and approach

Juanita uses clear, everyday language in sessions. She listens first to understand each person’s situation. Then she suggests strategies people can try between meetings.

Sessions often include teaching coping skills, practicing new ways to talk, and planning small steps toward change. Her training includes cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical behavior therapy, which teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their values and take committed action.

Attachment-based ideas guide work around close relationships and family patterns. Over two decades of practice have brought experience with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, and caregiver stress. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care concerns, blended family dynamics, domestic violence, and codependency.

Juanita aims to support practical problem solving while honoring each person’s values. Sessions follow a collaborative pace. New clients complete a brief questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits.

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps aligned with those values, even when strong emotions are present. It is often useful for life changes, anxiety, depression, and ongoing stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and family of origin dynamics to improve connection and communication within families.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist listens to the person’s goals and tries different methods to see what fits best. Over time they adjust the focus based on progress and changing needs so the work stays practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to continue work during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, review homework, practice new communication patterns, and check in between sessions, helping therapy stay steady and usable in daily life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Juanita address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma, relationship issues, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, intimacy-related issues, and family and parenting matters.
How would she approach therapy with me?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens, helps identify goals, and teaches skills from evidence-based methods like CBT, DBT, and ACT.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Juanita has 22 years of professional experience working with people facing a variety of life and relationship challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCMHC and LPC licenses and practices in Tennessee. Licensing details include UT LCMHC 12981259-6004 and TN LPC 1813.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
22 years
Licensed
Tennessee, Utah
Languages
English

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