Meet your therapist

Nice to meet you!

Iā€™m Joanie Nelson

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

ā­ About Joanie

Iā€™m a highly skilled psychotherapist with a concentrated focus on blended families and high achieving teens struggling with anxiety and depression.

šŸ™‚ Style

  • Genuine, non-judgmental, joining

šŸ‘ Fun facts about Joanie

  • Childhood hobby that became a lifelong passion šŸ›¼
    Rollerblading

  • Favorite hobbies/activities ā›°ļø
    Hiking, mountain biking

  • A surprising fact šŸ˜®
    I mountain biked the Anti-Atlas mountain range for 9 months in 2019.

  • Childhood mischief šŸ˜‡
    Ohhh....I am not going to tell. Okay, playing ding dong ditch!

šŸ“š Specialities

  • Adjustment, Anxiety, Coparenting Conflict, Couple's Therapy (relating to parenting), Depression, Divorce / Transition, Grief + Loss, Identity Development, OCD, Parent-Child Conflict, Phobias, School Issues, Separation Anxiety, Sibling Conflict, Substance Use, Trauma.

šŸ‘„ Approach

  • Family Systems

  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Solution Focused

šŸ¤ Works with

  • Ages 10-17+ and parents.

šŸŽ“ Credentials

  • Available in CA

  • Psy.D from CalSouthern; MACP Antioch University in Santa Barbara