Joanna Perez, LMHC

Joanna Perez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who guides adults and young adults through anxiety, trauma, and persistent patterns that feel difficult to change. Her work blends warmth and collaboration with evidence-based techniques, offering a steady presence for clients seeking greater confidence, calm, and control over daily life.

She supports people coping with panic, processing past experiences, rebuilding self-trust, and navigating major life transitions. Sessions with her are paced to the individual - a place to slow down, feel heard, and take practical steps toward meaningful progress. Joanna integrates approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, DBT-informed skills, motivational interviewing, and trauma-responsive care to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.

Her experience spans outpatient, residential, community-based, and correctional settings, informing a culturally responsive and inclusive practice for diverse identities and backgrounds. Joanna emphasizes building concrete tools, increasing self-understanding, and creating sustainable strategies so clients can move forward with greater stability. She invites collaboration to identify goals and develop a realistic path that aligns with each client’s pace and priorities.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Joanna Perez uses a few core, evidence-based approaches to help clients build skills and resilience. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more balanced responses - it is effective for anxiety, depression, and practical coping challenges. DBT-informed skills emphasize emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - these tools can help clients manage intense emotions and improve communication. Trauma-responsive care centers safety, pacing, and understanding the impact of past experiences while supporting recovery and stabilization.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Joanna works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors techniques so the treatment fits the individual rather than forcing a single method. This collaborative process helps determine which strategies to prioritize in therapy.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for varied schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or work, reduce travel time, and allow consistent engagement during life transitions or busy periods.