- Client-centered approach
- CBT and mindfulness
- Focus on sleep
About Joanne
Joanne Scarrone is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing sleep troubles, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel manageable for someone juggling work, family, or caregiving. Joanne believes small, steady changes can make nights and days feel easier to handle.
She trained at Duquesne University for her master’s degree and completed a Bachelor of Arts at Seton Hill University. After school she spent 11 years working alongside a psychologist, which increased her understanding of how the body and brain interact. That experience informs how she talks about sleep, mood, and physical reactions to stress.
Joanne uses client-centered methods that keep the person’s goals first. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits that interfere with rest. Mindfulness practices and narrative work are woven in to help people notice patterns and rewrite the stories that keep them stuck.
She has practiced for 20 years in Pennsylvania as an LPC. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including depression, coping with life changes, parenting strain, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and relationship challenges. Sleep and rest are part of her focus, alongside issues such as abandonment, isolation, and self-love.
Outside of counseling she gardens and paints, especially portraits. That interest in capturing a person’s essence shows up in her approach - she pays attention to details and what matters most to each client.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s goals. In sessions the therapist reflects what matters to the client and helps guide choices about sleep routines, coping steps, and daily habits.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It can help people identify daytime and nighttime habits that affect sleep, try small experiments, and build different routines that support better rest.
Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to notice sensations, thoughts, and tension in the body. These exercises can be used to calm an overactive mind before bed and reduce anxiety during the day.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Joanne will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can change over time as sleep and stress improve or new issues come up.
Confirm the current online session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people use exercises and tools at home between meetings to practice sleep habits and coping skills.
Areas of expertise
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Joanne commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, self-esteem, coping with life changes, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-focused and practical. She uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help people change unhelpful habits and thoughts.
How much experience does she have?
Joanne has 20 years of counseling experience and spent 11 years early in her career working with a psychologist to deepen her understanding of mind-body connections.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Joanne?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.