LCSW
Joan Dewey, LCSW
- Experience28 years
- LocationArizona
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
- Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Joan
Joan Dewey is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly three decades of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and life transitions. She practices in Arizona and brings a person-in-environment perspective that looks at how relationships, work, health, and culture shape current difficulties.
Background and approach
Joan uses respectful, compassionate engagement to help clients clarify goals and build practical skills for day-to-day functioning and emotional resilience. Her approach blends evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness with narrative and motivational techniques to help clients reframe experiences, reduce unhelpful thinking patterns, and strengthen coping.
She has worked with people facing depression, bipolar challenges, parenting demands, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and concerns related to ADHD among many other areas. Joan emphasizes clear communication, meaningful connections, and recovery-focused planning to promote growth and empowerment.
Joan holds LCSW licensure and has provided psychotherapy across varied life circumstances including trauma, addiction, and cultural impacts on well-being. Prospective clients in Arizona who are seeking a collaborative, empathetic clinician can connect to explore whether her style and methods fit their needs.
Evidence-Based Approaches Adapted for Online Care
Joan uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT is practical for addressing anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and problematic coping habits. She also employs attachment-based strategies that explore how early and current relationship patterns influence emotional reactions, communication, and intimacy, which can be useful for those working on relationship concerns and self-esteem.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joan works with clients to understand their goals, preferences, and life context and then adjusts therapeutic techniques over time to find what is most helpful. This collaborative stance helps tailor interventions to each person's needs rather than relying on a single method.
Online therapy with Joan is offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity across life changes, and access care from home or work while working through stress, ADHD-related challenges, grief, or recovery from trauma.
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Experience
28+ years
Licensed
Arizona, Alaska
Languages
English
What Joan can help with
Joan Dewey works with clients on stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression.
Joan works with many clients of all ages, individuals with histories of traumatic events, grief and loss, and depression.
How Joan approaches therapy
Joan's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Experience and training
Joan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Arizona.