Therapist profile
Jo Anna Mendoza, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Family concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- Mindfulness and ACT
About Jo
Jo Anna Mendoza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and challenges tied to life changes and relationships. She also addresses grief, intimacy-related concerns, career questions, depression, and compassion fatigue.
Jo Anna uses straightforward conversation to help people notice what gets in the way and try new ways of responding. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and mindfulness practices to shape sessions. Sessions tend to be practical and focused on small, doable steps that fit into everyday life.
In sessions she listens for patterns related to attachment, codependency, communication problems, and family of origin issues. She also works with concerns like infidelity, divorce and separation, domestic violence history, immigration stress, guilt, shame, and body image. Her aim is to help clients clarify values and develop skills for handling difficult emotions.
Jo Anna speaks English and Spanish. She encourages people who are juggling parenting or caregiving responsibilities to consider short, actionable strategies they can use between sessions. To start, she asks about what matters most to you and what you already do that helps.
She expects the first meetings to be a chance to set goals and try a few approaches. If adjustments are needed, she and the client change course together until the work feels useful.
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How Jo Anna uses specific approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking committed action toward those values while learning to live with unwanted thoughts. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and decisions about relationships and parenting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) works on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with small behavioral experiments. It is often used for stress, anxiety, depression, and improving everyday coping skills. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation, which pairs well with the other methods.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Jo Anna collaborates with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. She will check in and adjust techniques based on what helps and what feels manageable.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to schedule appointments around parenting, work, or caregiving by removing travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when days are busy, or for using audio-only meetings when video is difficult. Licensed professionals adapt exercises so clients can practice skills between sessions and bring those real-life attempts back to later meetings for review.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps adults with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, life changes, relationship and family concerns, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions combine Client-Centered listening with active techniques from CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness to build skills and manage difficult feelings.
How much experience does she have?
Jo Anna has five years of professional work experience as an LPC in Texas.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Can she provide sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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