Joanne Schrock, LPC

Joanne Schrock is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina with eight years of clinical counseling experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship concerns, and coping with life changes. Joanne also supports those facing trauma, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, and intimacy or parenting challenges.

Her background includes inpatient behavioral health and emergency room crisis counseling. She has experience working with teens in a residential treatment setting around trauma. Earlier work as a behavior specialist spans several decades and informs her practical approach to day-to-day challenges.

Joanne uses a cognitive-behavioral orientation and draws on techniques focused on skills and problem solving. She emphasizes building a professional relationship that rests on trust, respect, honesty, and compassion. Treatment plans are shaped by each person's needs and by their input.

Sessions focus on clear, practical steps people can try between meetings. She helps clients identify patterns of thought and behavior, develop coping skills, and practice strategies for managing emotions and relationships. The work aims to make problems feel more manageable and to support steady progress.

Joanne encourages people to take the first step toward change and offers steady support through the process. She welcomes questions and works collaboratively to set goals and track progress over time.

How Joanne Uses CBT and Skills Work Online

Joanne draws on cognitive-behavioral therapy and related skills-based approaches to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT helps break problems into manageable parts, showing how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offering practical exercises to try between sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy adds emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance tools for people who need structured skills to manage intense feelings and reactions. Solution-focused therapy centers on clear, concrete goals and small steps that build momentum toward those goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanne will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. The process is a conversation about what helps and what to try next.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-in sessions when helpful, and reduce time spent traveling to appointments. These practical benefits can make it simpler to practice skills between sessions and stay consistent with goals.