Joanne Branson at JFB Counseling

09/29/2025

09/11/2025

🌿 If you’re navigating the heavy waves of grief, please know you don’t have to do it alone.

I specialize in supporting individuals and families as they process loss—whether that’s the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or a chapter of life. My goal is to create a safe, gentle space where your feelings are honored and where healing feels possible, one step at a time.

No pressure at all, I just know that sometimes the hardest part is taking that first step in therapy. If and when you’re ready, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.

You can learn more about me and schedule a time to connect here:
https://care.headway.co/providers/joanne-branson?utm_source=pem&utm_medium=direct_link&utm_campaign=149185

You don’t have to carry this by yourself. 💙

Joanne Branson, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). MEd (Master of Education), Lindsey Wilson College. Accepts Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, Quest Behavi...

02/03/2022

Via Josh Shipp ❤️

09/11/2021

We will never forget. 20 years have passed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Today we honor all the lives that were lost and those who responded.

08/10/2021

I submitted the first full draft of my next book to the editor on Friday. There’s a lot in this one. This is a memoir about learning to live with my anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder titled “Happily Ever Anxious.” It covers my childhood, my troubled relationship with my parents, leaving home at 14, my fathers addiction to opioids and eventual death from drug addiction, falling in love with Mel, and learning that the best gift I could give my wife and children is doing the hard work of managing my mental illness in a healthy way (through proper use of medication, therapy, and lifestyle changes) so that there is enough of me available to be a loving father and husband.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s got some really funny parts, but as you can tell from the above description, some of it I just couldn’t make funny. And I think that’s okay, because mental illness is a serious and heartfelt topic that needs to be discussed openly, particularly by men.

I must admit though, writing this has been very emotionally draining. But I also learned a lot about myself, and my childhood, and most importantly I learned to accept that my parents were victims of a time and place, and that really helped me find forgiveness.

Anyway, my hope with this book is that those with mental illness will find their own healthy acceptance, and those without mental illness will gain empathy and understanding.

It should become available sometime in 2022. I do hope you all absolutely love it.

07/30/2021

Let's hear it for our unique kids!!!

07/06/2021

50 WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD COPE WITH BIG EMOTIONS
If your child struggles with emotional grounding, meltdowns, anxiety and tantrums, here are some great tools to help your child calm down.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/KIDS-COPING-SKILLS-Stress-Management-Social-Emotional-Lesson-SEL-Activity-3508584

07/04/2021

This is always true, but harder to remember when they "stand in their power" means we're running late 😀

07/03/2021

"And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, “This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, “No. This is what’s important.”
Iain Thomas

Anna Ancher - Lunchtime, 1890s.

06/30/2021

What do you want to pause and notice about your kids this week?
via: .therapist