Joanna C. Ioannides, LCSW attended The University of Colorado at Boulder and received her BA in Psychology and English in 1994. She attended Boston College for Graduate School, and received her Masters in Social Work in 1997. She completed her internships within the Elementary School and Hospital settings, and has incorporated social work/ psychological services in hospital-based and Counseling clinics and settings since then. She has been licensed as an LCSW in the State of Colorado since April, 2001 and she is a member of the National Association of Social Workers. 
 
Ms. Ioannides has spent over (13) thirteen years working in the public and private sector, serving children, adolescents, adults, couples and families in a variety of contexts.  
 
Ms. Ioannides works with children, adolescents and adults with mood disturbances (depression, anxiety, emotional oubursts), issues of self-esteem, attachment and separation. She also works with children, adolescents and adults presenting with issues of social maladjustment, sibling, parenting and marital issues, parental/ child medical illness and loss.  She works from a strength-based perspective, and incorporates systems' and psychodynamic theories that are supportive and person-centered.  
 
Joanna frequently addresses patterns of issues and relating that compromise the family as a whole in addition to the individuals within the family, thus encouraging family adaptation that promotes all family members’ well-being and psychological development. She is a strong supporter of community-based supports such as sports, musical training and religious communities. Joanna’s strength-based approach encourages family members to balance the independence and interdependence roles critical to healthy child/ adolescent, individual and family function. She focuses on helping individuals and families create an atmosphere encouraging optimal psychological health.
 
In her eclectic background serving children and families, Ms. Ioannides uses art and play therapy while working with children and works with children/ adolescents of all ages.  She views the family as a system, wherein individual's successes as well as struggles are frequently a barometer of family function and dynamics. Ms. Ioannides chooses to work with parents and families who are interested in and committed to addressing these issues. 
 
Joanna frequently requests the cooperation of parents and families in Couples and Family Therapy to open topics that are often difficult for couples and families to address by themselves. Joanna might frequently request Couples’ counseling prior to beginning the work with children, to enlist parents’ cooperation in addressing their own issues, so they can better co-parent their child. 
 
Joanna recognizes that children and families often communicate with each other in ways that request assistance, particularly in times of crises, and offers an open and welcome forum for these difficulties to be addressed and resolved in a non-judgmental, honest and safe environment. For families with an identified faith, Ms. Ioannides incorporates spiritual counseling into her practice, and welcomes individuals from all faith backgrounds.