Joni De Groot, LMFT

California · 35 years in practice

Joni De Groot is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience in California.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 29377 · expires October 2027
NPI: 1619734506 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 35
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Joni

Joni De Groot is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience in California. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and family dynamics. Her work also covers concerns like attachment wounds, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and issues around aging and autism.

She uses a collaborative, down-to-earth style. Sessions focus on identifying the patterns that shape daily life and testing small changes that feel doable.

Background and approach

Joni mixes client-centered listening with practical cognitive-behavioral tools and mindfulness exercises to build skills people can use right away. Joni brings a systems perspective to the work. That means she pays attention to how relationships, roles, and routines influence emotions and behavior.

She draws on Jungian ideas when exploring themes and life stories, but keeps the focus on what helps someone feel less stuck now. Her background includes roles as an intake coordinator, case manager, and therapist in sub-acute care, outpatient clinics, schools, and residential settings. She has collaborated with psychiatrists, social service agencies, juvenile justice, and educational teams during her career.

In sessions she aims to be practical and wide-ranging in perspective. Conversations are meant to be a partnership where people try new ways of handling conflict, stress, or parenting demands. Joni offers online and phone options so therapy can fit into busy lives.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Joni lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Parenting issues
Coaching
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Joni names

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Online support

How Joni’s Approaches Work Online

Joni uses a systems-informed view to look at how relationships and routines shape daily life. This approach helps when stress, parenting struggles, or recurring conflicts are tied to roles and patterns in the household or workplace. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting partnership so people can name what matters and guide the work toward their goals.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, gives practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it breaks problems into steps and practices new responses between sessions. Together, these approaches offer both a big-picture lens and concrete skill-building during online sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration can shift over time as progress is made or new issues appear.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a way to process between meetings. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep continuity of care.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Joni address?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, and coaching needs. Additional focuses include attachment, divorce, caregiver stress, body image, and related topics listed on her profile.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is collaborative and practical. She blends listening with skill-building exercises and encourages small, testable changes between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 35 years of clinical experience working in settings such as sub-acute care, outpatient clinics, schools, and residential programs.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - and practices in California.

Which languages are offered and can she see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client's preference.

How is payment handled and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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