Joanne Schrock , LPC

Joanne Schrock is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and related concerns. She focuses on everyday problems like sleep trouble, low self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes. Joanne practices in South Carolina and communicates in English. Joanne draws on eight years of clinical counseling experience and many additional years working in behavior support roles. She has worked in inpatient behavioral health and emergency room crisis settings, and with adolescents in residential treatment for trauma. That background guides her steady, calm approach to difficult feelings and moments. Her work centers on cognitive-behavioral ideas that link thoughts, feelings, and actions in simple, usable ways. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals. Sessions tend to focus on practical skills, small experiments, and steps clients can try between meetings. Joanne aims to build a professional relationship based on trust, respect, and honesty. She involves clients in planning treatment and tailors the pace to each person’s needs. This means discussing options and choosing strategies together rather than following a fixed script. People often reach out to her for help with trauma, mood disorders, ADHD, anger, panic, or challenges linked to family of origin and communication problems. She also supports those navigating questions around identity, intimacy, domestic violence, and life purpose.

How practical therapy methods work online

Joanne commonly draws on cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in her online work. Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or panic symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to help manage strong emotions and improve relationships.

She also uses solution-focused techniques that concentrate on setting clear, achievable goals and building on what already works. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences together and adjust methods as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for role practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support quick, ongoing contact and are useful for brief updates, skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between appointments.