Joeli McQuaid - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

33 years experience

About Joeli McQuaid

I am licensed in Connecticut with 32 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, grief, relationship concerns and personality/attachment style & characteristics. I have been on BetterHelp almost two years 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 adult 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

Licenses

LCSW

004835

Professional experience

Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Career difficulties
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Eating disorders
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
LGBT
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Abandonment
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Family of origin issues
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
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

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“Truly listens and responds respectfully but honestly”

“Joeli is amazing! She is kind, supportive, patient and allowed me to explore my feelings in a low pressure environment. She has a calming energy that made me feel comfortable from our first appointment. I am grateful for the support she gave me as I worked through a difficult and transitional time in my life. I would highly recommend her.”

“Joeli is always attentive to my both my scheduling needs and what's on my mind week to week. She's a good listener and offers constructive ways for me to process and overcome whatever issue might be troubling me.”

“Joel I is a highly competent therapist. She is warm, kind and she listens and interacts with the patient to address issues the client has. She is a great therapist.”

“Amazing! I worked with her for almost a year, took a break for financial reasons, and recently got rescheduled with her and picked up right where we left off. Highly highly recommend”

“Joeli has completely helped me be a better individual. I think better help therapy has helped me all around and without it I don’t know where I would be. I’m extremely grateful for my therapist and better help therapy. I would recommend it to anybody and everybody and I have.”

“Joeli has a warm but firm and encouraging way with me. I especially wanted someone who could understand and appreciate my background and where I grew up andJoeli was able to incorporate that into her understanding of me.”

“Joeli is the most compassionate and kind therapist I have ever met. She has been helping me for almost two years now and I wonder how I ever lived without her. She has so much experience and knowledge. Together we've been able to deal with past and present issues. 10/10 Would recommend :)”

“Joeli is an incredible therapist. She listens without judging and is supportive. She provides me good insight as well. She's also very flexible with appointments and time changes. Highly recommended!”

“Joeli continues to be a rock of stability for me and my mental health. She is a perfect balance of empathetic and realistic.”

“Extremely helpful and very friendly!!!”

“Even though our sessions were done via video, I could still feel Joeli’s warmth and non-judgmental attitude which created safe place for me to rent and review my problems. She counters my inner critic and is my personal cheerleader. It almost feels like she’s re-parenting my inner child and healing her.”

“I’ve been working with Joeli for over a year now, and she has been great!”

“I leave therapy feeling better”

“Amazing therapist! Really good at her job”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.