Joelle Purdy

Joelle Purdy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in the District of Columbia with four years of clinical experience. She works with people facing grief, loss, stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, career uncertainty, and questions about life purpose. Sessions focus on understanding feelings and practical ways to manage day-to-day challenges.

Her approach combines Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive and mindfulness tools. That means conversations begin with listening and building rapport. From there she offers cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to ground difficult emotions.

Joelle also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to help clarify goals and small next steps. She uses these methods with issues such as coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress. The work often includes straightforward exercises and short, doable tasks to try between meetings.

She has particular experience supporting people through anticipatory grief, hospice and end-of-life concerns, blended family challenges, and caregiving burdens. Joelle brings attention to cultural factors, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and self-esteem within sessions. Life purpose and meaning are listed among her focus areas when people are re-evaluating what comes next.

Sessions are conducted in English and operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session via the site’s online therapy options button.

How Joelle blends approaches for online sessions

Joelle uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core elements of her practice. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a respectful working relationship so clients can name what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, low mood, and stress.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple grounding and awareness practices. Mindfulness can help with intense emotions during grief, caregiving stress, and fatigue by anchoring attention and reducing reactivity. These approaches are explained in plain terms and tried collaboratively so clients can see which methods help most.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joelle will review goals, preferences, and day-to-day routines with each person and adjust methods as needed. That collaborative process helps determine whether to focus more on thought work, short practical tasks, or mindfulness exercises.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In practice, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into work or caregiving schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Joelle structures sessions to align with clients' goals and everyday routines rather than promising a particular format.