About Joanne
Joanne Ricketts is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and relationship struggles.
Background and approach
Joanne writes straightforwardly and aims to make the first step easier for worried parents and individuals. With 23 years of clinical experience, she draws on practical methods that address mood, attachment, and communication challenges.
Joanne pays attention to how abandonment fears and attachment patterns affect daily life. She also helps with social anxiety, phobias, and workplace stress that get in the way of routines and relationships.
Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. Joanne listens for what matters most to each person and then shapes conversations and steps to match those needs.
She focuses on concrete changes clients can try between sessions, like different ways to talk about feelings or test new social behaviors. Joanne works with people coping with loss and grief, helping them find ways to manage painful moments and rebuild motivation.
She also supports those wanting to strengthen self-love and overcome negative self-talk. Sessions combine careful listening with clear, achievable goals.
Her approach puts the client’s goals at the center. Joanne emphasizes collaboration - you and she decide what to try, reassess, and adapt as you go.
That ongoing adjustment helps the work fit real life and changing circumstances.
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
Many of Joanne's methods focus on evidence-based techniques that help people understand patterns and try small changes. Brief, goal-oriented work helps clients break down large problems like anxiety or depression into manageable steps and practice new behaviors between sessions. Approaches that address attachment and abandonment concerns help people notice how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and then build healthier ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, and then together they will decide which methods to try. Plans are revisited and adjusted as needed so the work stays relevant to each person's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share updates and get support between sessions without scheduling a full call, which can fit busy days or sudden moments when a quick check-in helps.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English