About Joan
Joan Paradis welcomes people who are looking for steady, compassionate support through stress, mood challenges, relationship strain, grief, or career and workplace concerns.
Background and approach
As an LCSW with 13 years of practice, she aims to meet clients where they are and partners with them to explore practical steps toward greater wellbeing. Her work includes addressing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, parenting concerns, and the special strains that come from caregiving and compassion fatigue.
Her style is relaxed and conversational, and she emphasizes active, nonjudgmental listening to understand each person’s values and goals. Joan draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, client-centered techniques, and motivational interviewing to tailor support to individual needs.
Licensed in Illinois (IL LCSW 149022066), she offers sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging and works with people who prefer an accessible, flexible format for ongoing care.
Approaches and Online Care That Fit Your Life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning, often used for mood disorders and stress-related issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness techniques that can reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation across a range of concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joan will work with each person to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, combining methods from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, client-centered care, and motivational interviewing as needed to tailor treatment.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain consistency between appointments. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver structured, evidence-informed care while accommodating different communication styles and life demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English