- Tailored treatment plans
- Trauma-focused care
- Practical coping skills
About Joana
Joana Sossaman is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and the impact of trauma and abuse. She offers a supportive, respectful approach and aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs. Joana works from New Mexico and brings seven years of clinical experience to her work.
Joana emphasizes practical steps you can use between sessions. She helps people facing relationship strain, intimacy-related challenges, and family of origin concerns. She also supports those dealing with panic, self-esteem struggles, guilt, shame, and isolation. Codependency and process addictions such as problematic gambling or pornography are listed among her focus areas.
Her clinical approaches include Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Joana draws from these perspectives to address traumatic memories and the meaning people give their experiences. She adapts sessions to match what each person needs at the time.
Joana aims to create space for people to identify priorities and take manageable steps toward change. She speaks English and holds LPC and LPCC credentials for Texas and New Mexico. Her style is calm and direct, focused on helping people feel more able to cope and make decisions that fit their lives.
If you want to start, she asks people to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions according to her availability.
How Joana's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Existential Therapy helps people talk about meaning, choice, and values. It focuses on how life events feel and what matters most, which can help with anxiety, relationship questions, and big life changes.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, works with distressing memories to reduce their emotional intensity. It is often used for trauma-related problems and may help with post-traumatic stress and intense reactions tied to past events.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on supporting people to process traumatic events and build coping strategies. This approach is practical and paced to each person's needs, aiming to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joana works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. She adjusts the plan as needs change over time.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people find online therapy makes it easier to fit care into a busy life, handle shorter check-ins, and maintain continuity when travel or scheduling conflicts arise. Licensed professionals can adapt EMDR and trauma-focused work to remote settings when appropriate and with careful planning.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Texas, New Mexico
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Joana commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, and self-esteem difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
She uses an individualized style that blends Existential Therapy, EMDR, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to address meaning, traumatic memories, and practical coping strategies.
What is Joana's professional background?
Joana has seven years of clinical experience working with people facing trauma, addictions, and emotional stressors in therapeutic settings.
What credentials and location are listed for Joana?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and is based in New Mexico, with licensure noted for Texas and New Mexico.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with Joana?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does pricing for sessions work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Joana?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.