Joan HolmesLPC

Joan Holmes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey. She brings 25 years of counseling experience and a calm, patient approach to sessions. Joan focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and pregnancy and childbirth concerns.

She trained in applied clinical and counseling psychology and earned a Master’s degree from William Paterson University. Over two decades she has worked in home-based settings and with nonprofit social service organizations. That work included supporting teens in group homes and families navigating major life changes.

Joan uses a client-centered style that starts with careful listening. She aims to create a respectful space where people can talk about painful feelings without judgment. She often blends practical tools with an emphasis on understanding attachment and values to help clients move forward.

Her experience includes supporting people dealing with trauma, bereavement, chronic mental health struggles, and family conflict. She has worked with individuals on the autism spectrum and with caregivers facing stress related to illness or aging.

Joan helps people sort through decision points in work and relationships, manage anger, and build self-esteem. Her goal is to help clients open a path toward more satisfying, manageable daily life. To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a short match questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.

How Joan's approaches translate to online work

Joan draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide her work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and clarify what matters most to them, so they can take small, values-driven steps forward. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current connections and reactions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joan listens to each person's goals, preferences, and life demands and then suggests strategies that fit. She adjusts techniques over time so therapy stays useful and relevant to what the person needs now.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session feels like too much. It can also let people use therapist suggestions in the moment at home, and adapt tools like mindfulness exercises and behavioral experiments to their daily routine.