I am licensed in Connecticut with 30 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, & managing life transitions and challenges. I also have experience working with depression, relationship concerns and personality disorder characteristics. I have recently started here on BetterHelp full-time, to pursue my original career dream to help others, individually, one client at a time. This comes after many years working in both inpatient and outpatient hospital and varied community settings, with diverse populations, serving in management and supervisory roles while always keeping my hand in clinical care provision -including during the pandemic.
I believe that you are the expert of your story "the Narrator"--and I would be honored to help you as you narrate and navigate your life story. I operate from the perspective that you have many strengths and solutions within you that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Lastly, I subscribe to the notion that with my active listening and sensitivity to the topics you bring to therapy, in a completely judgement-free zone, with some reframing, feedback, gentle suggestions and sense of humor when needed, together we can create a trusting working alliance that may assist you in your therapeutic journey! Thank you for taking the time to review my information.
Warm Regards,
Joeli
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication problems, Domestic violence, Eating and food-related issues, Family of origin issues, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Life purpose, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CT LCSW 004835
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Joeli McQuaid-Robert. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Joeli has really helped me sift through my thoughts and narrow in on how to move forward with some tough conversations i needed to have in my life.
Written on Nov 20, 2024 after therapy with Joeli for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and adhd
She’s such a great listener, she’s real with me about what I can work on, and she’s experienced. She’s so respectful, thoughtful, and knowledgeable. So glad to talk with her.
Written on May 28, 2024 after therapy with Joeli for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Joeli is very professional and easy to talk to. She's always an attentive listener and offers constructive ways on how best to deal with the issues we discuss. She's also very patient when it comes to working out scheduling sessions and works with me to find the time to fit sessions into my weekly schedule. Id recommend her to anyone looking for a good therapist.
Written on May 16, 2024 after therapy with Joeli for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Joeli is so easy to talk to, so it makes what I thought would be a really awkward experience, quite enjoyable.
Written on Apr 05, 2024 after therapy with Joeli for 11 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
She’s wonderful and I admire her for taking me on!
Written on Mar 27, 2024 after therapy with Joeli for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coaching, and adhd
Joeli has been a great listener and adds lots of insight and perspective. She takes her time and has made some great suggestions which have really helped me.
Written on Feb 05, 2024 after therapy with Joeli for 1 year on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, self esteem, and adhd