Joanna Sanchez, LCSW

Joanna Sanchez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Alaska with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, addiction recovery, grief, and major life transitions. Joanna listens closely and works at a pace that suits each person. Her background includes a Master of Social Work and a Master’s in Clinical Psychology. She has worked in outpatient therapy, residential treatment, and mental health and substance use leadership roles. That range gives her practical experience with both short-term challenges and longer-term healing. Joanna’s style is warm and collaborative. She favors deep conversation that looks for the reasons behind recurring patterns. At the same time she uses concrete tools when they are helpful, so sessions blend exploration with practical steps. She draws on relational and psychodynamic perspectives and integrates trauma-informed care, narrative therapy, and cognitive behavioral approaches when appropriate. This mix supports work on attachment issues, abandonment, shame, and post-traumatic stress as well as everyday problems like loneliness and communication struggles. Joanna also focuses on concerns related to family dynamics, forgiveness, life purpose, sex addiction, young adult issues, and compassion fatigue. She offers sessions in English and Spanish and aims to create an affirming, respectful space for people to reflect, process, and move toward clearer goals.