About Your Therapist

If you are reading this, you might be carrying a weight that feels too heavy to explain, or trying to navigate everyday stress that has left you feeling completely overwhelmed. I want you to take a deep breath and know one thing right now: I’ve been there, and I get you.

I am not a clinical, textbook therapist who sits in a detached office taking notes. For over 25 years, my career in mental health and education has been rooted entirely in deep human connection. My clinical foundation comes from years of intensive, face-to-face care—sitting on living room couches doing in-home outreach, entering people’s homes, and walking right into the messy, raw reality of everyday life. Having stood alongside people in hospital emergency rooms, secure youth facilities, and through tough battles with trauma and addiction, I know what real-world healing takes. I bring that exact same grounded, deeply personal presence straight to my online practice. There is nothing you can bring to our screen that will scare me or make me look at you differently.

If you are a parent feeling worn out by school systems, I hear you. Spending decades as a special education teacher means I know the exhausting reality of IEPs and 504 plans firsthand. I know the intense stress of advocating for your child, and I am here to help your family navigate the system with confidence.

But I also know that sometimes, school systems and communities face realities that go far deeper than academics. Having worked directly within the school landscape during community-wide trauma and crisis, I have stood on the front lines where education and deep emotional pain collide. I know that the heaviest weights we carry don't stop when the school day ends, and they often show up when the rest of the world grows quiet.

If you are someone being kept awake by chronic, disruptive nightmares, we will face them together. As a Trauma-Certified Therapist, I specialize in helping you safely process deep-seated wounds so your mind and body can finally find true relief.

You don’t have to have the right words. You don’t have to know exactly what you need, and you don’t have to have a single thing figured out before you reach out to me. Through telehealth, I provide a safe, fiercely non-judgmental, and deeply human space right in the comfort of your own home across Massachusetts, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Come exactly as you are. We will figure it out together.

Jo-anne Hoyt, LMHC, LPC, CPCS