Joanne Curgian, LPC

Joanne Curgian is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 14 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, mood disorders, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, ADHD, postpartum difficulties, and concerns related to gender and sexual identity such as LGBT and gender dysphoria.

Joanne draws on a mix of straightforward talking and practical techniques in sessions. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and reflect what matters to the person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and build different habits.

Her background includes work in residential treatment, inpatient and crisis intervention, substance abuse services, probation settings, and private practice. That range gives her experience with acute stress and long-term recovery work. She is familiar with adoption and foster care challenges, blended family issues, family-of-origin concerns, and forgiveness work.

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals such as reducing anxiety, managing mood swings, changing addictive patterns, or learning to set boundaries. Joanne helps people practice new skills between sessions and track small changes over time. She is comfortable addressing relationship patterns without promising to fix another person.

People seeking help can expect direct conversation, practical strategies, and steady follow-up. Joanne asks about the immediate problems first and then shapes sessions around what the client needs next.

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