- 35 years experience
- LMFT in California
- Client-centered approach
About Joni
Joni De Groot is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 35 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and the fallout from separation or divorce. Joni also supports those coping with natural or human-caused disaster and related disruptions.
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on identifying the patterns that shape daily life and on building skills to manage them. Joni blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral methods and mindfulness to create straightforward steps clients can try between sessions.
She brings a wide-angle view shaped by long work in outpatient, school, residential, and sub-acute care settings. That background includes coordinating intake and case management and working alongside psychiatrists, schools, and social service agencies. These roles make her comfortable addressing issues across many life stages.
Joni often uses ideas from Jungian therapy and family-systems thinking to help clients see recurring themes and relationship patterns. In practice this means noticing how beliefs and roles affect choices, then testing new ways of responding in everyday life. She keeps explanations plain and focuses on what people can do now to feel steadier.
Clients who choose her can expect a steady, compassionate presence and practical tools for coping. Sessions emphasize clearer communication, stress reduction, and skill-building so people can handle work, parenting, and family demands with more ease.
How Joni’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and helping people find their own answers. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's pace and reflects what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT can include short between-session tasks and step-by-step problem solving that fit into daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Joni will help clients pick methods that match their goals and personality. That choice happens collaboratively, with room to try different techniques and adjust based on what helps most.
Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and keep regular check-ins during stressful periods. It also lets people use simpler check-ins on the phone when bandwidth is limited or choose a longer video session for deeper work. Licensed professionals can tailor the session style to match a client's schedule and needs, while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Joni help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges, family conflict, divorce and separation, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is practical and collaborative, combining client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness to build usable skills between sessions.
How much experience does she bring?
Joni has 35 years of clinical experience working in outpatient, school, residential, and sub-acute care settings alongside multidisciplinary teams.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.