Joanne Stein, MD, LCSW-C

Joanne Stein is a Maryland-based clinician with more than 18 years of experience helping teens and adults navigate life transitions, relationship struggles, mood concerns, and challenges with focus and motivation. She combines practical therapeutic skills with a warm, down-to-earth presence that centers progress over perfection and supports clients in taking manageable steps toward their goals.

Her communication style is an eclectic blend of humor, sarcasm, and wit, and she sometimes incorporates casual language when it fits the clinical work and is welcomed by the client. She approaches care with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, aiming to create an environment where people can be honest about setbacks and build on strengths.

Joanne holds an MD, which indicates she trained as a medical doctor, and an LCSW-C, a Maryland clinical social work license. In addition to working with both teens and adults, her areas of clinical expertise include stress and anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflicts, parenting challenges, career burnout and transitions, motivation and self-esteem, intimacy concerns, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, concentration and memory struggles including ADD/ADHD, and addiction and recovery.

Clients should expect a collaborative approach that emphasizes practical strategies and real-world problem solving. She also notes a lighthearted reality of remote sessions - occasional feline coworkers may make an appearance, adding unplanned background noise or a surprising photobomb. Joanne invites people who are ready to take steps forward to begin working on their goals together.