Joanne PisaniLMHC

Joanne Pisani is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a long history in school and clinical settings. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, parenting challenges, and anger. Her work also addresses postpartum depression, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, and the effects of sexual assault and abuse.

Her approach combines practical psychotherapy with mindfulness, lifestyle habits, and nutrition where that seems helpful. She uses evidence-based techniques and aims to make sessions down-to-earth and usable. Conversations are collaborative and geared toward clear next steps clients can try between sessions.

Joanne brings nearly two decades of experience in education to her practice. She has served as an elementary school counselor and a Youth and Family Services Coordinator, and she currently works as a Director of Pupil Personnel Services for a school district in the northeastern United States. That background informs how she thinks about behavior, learning, and family dynamics.

She also draws on earlier work as a certified fitness instructor to support wellness and prevention strategies. In private practice she has experience helping people facing chronic pain, illness, workplace problems, paranoia, commitment concerns, and grief after loss.

Joanne earned a Doctor of Education from St. John's University and master’s degrees in School Counseling and Mental Health Counseling from Long Island University C.W. Post. She works from New York and holds an LMHC credential there, and her practice conversations are in English.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Many of the evidence-based techniques Joanne uses focus on practical skills and clear strategies. Mindfulness-based approaches teach simple grounding and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. Lifestyle-focused methods look at sleep, movement, and nutrition in relation to mood and coping, offering concrete tweaks that can make daily life easier. Trauma-informed work emphasizes pacing, safety, and stabilizing skills to address effects of past abuse and postpartum difficulties.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Joanne aims to collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, concerns, and preferences. That means checking in regularly and adjusting methods as needed rather than sticking to a single plan.

Session formats are not specified in the therapist biography, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care while juggling work, parenting, medical appointments, or recovery tasks. Licensed professionals can use these flexible options to keep momentum between visits and to practice skills in real life.