- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
About Joanna
Joanna Ekevati is an AASW social worker with 13 years of clinical experience based in Australia. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and coping with life changes, and she lists young adult issues among her areas of focus. Her style is client-centred and practical, with a focus on helping people manage day-to-day pressures and unexpected setbacks.
Joanna often uses clear, evidence-informed techniques to help people build skills for managing intense feelings. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and acceptance and commitment principles to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes. Mindfulness techniques are included when clients want ways to calm their thinking and stay present.
Attachment-based ideas shape how she looks at relationships and abandonment or family of origin concerns. Joanna pays attention to how past relating affects current trust, communication and self-image. This can be useful when someone is facing separation, infidelity, family conflict, or struggles with belonging.
Her work includes supporting people with body image concerns, caregiver stress, immigration-related issues, and end-of-life or hospice matters. Joanna describes practical risk assessment and crisis planning among her skills, developed across health and community settings over many years.
Joanna’s background includes work with culturally and linguistically diverse clients and roles in hospital and community services. She asks clear questions, offers practical strategies, and helps people plan small steps to manage life changes and reduce overwhelm.
How Joanna uses ACT, CBT and attachment ideas online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that reflect their values. It can be useful when someone feels stuck after university or a relationship change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours and helps people try small, practical experiments to reduce anxiety or low mood. It is often used for stress, panic and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early relating shapes trust and communication; it can help with abandonment fears, difficulty with intimacy, or family of origin issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose which methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape what a short series of sessions looks like and what practical tools to use between meetings.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around study or work, allow shorter check-in meetings when needed, and reduce travel time. Joanna draws on ACT, CBT and attachment ideas to offer straightforward strategies you can practise between meetings, helping therapy fit into everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Joanna work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress and family problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centred and practical, using techniques from ACT, CBT, attachment-based work and mindfulness to help with emotional regulation and relationship concerns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working across health and community services, including hospital and crisis settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and is based in Australia.
Does she run sessions in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with Joanna?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule your first session through the platform.
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