Joanie Leach, M.Ed LPC — helping teens, children, and families thrive.
With more than 20 years of experience, Joanie Leach specializes in child and adolescent therapy, family counseling, ADHD, and couples therapy. Serving Texas clients in person and via telehealth.
Over 20 years helping children, teens, and families — Teen therapist McKinney
Joanie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master of Education and over two decades of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, families, and couples across Texas. Her background in education gives her a unique lens for understanding how emotional challenges affect academic performance and school behavior — and how to bridge therapy and school support.
Joanie uses evidence-based approaches including CBT and other structured interventions tailored to each client’s developmental stage and presenting concerns.
- Insurance: Cigna, Carelon Behavioral Health, Ascension SmartHealth, Aetna, Quest Behavioral Health
- Private pay: $150/session (sliding scale available)
- Telehealth & in-person · Adults, teens, children, couples
Who Joanie works with — and how she can help.
Joanie’s clinical focus is children, teens, and the families that support them — with particular expertise in ADHD, behavioral challenges, anxiety, and family transitions.
Teen Therapy
Anxiety, depression, social challenges, identity, academic stress, and family conflict — Joanie provides a trusted, non-judgmental space for adolescents to work through what’s difficult. See APA resources on teen mental health.
ADHD Therapy
Joanie specializes in ADHD for children and teens — building executive function skills, emotional regulation, and strategies that work in both home and school settings. Informed by NIMH ADHD research.
Family Therapy
Family systems work that helps parents and children communicate better, navigate conflict, and build a more connected home — including parent coaching and sibling dynamics.
Couples Therapy
Communication breakdowns, recurring conflicts, and trust repair for couples at all stages — with a practical, skills-focused approach to rebuilding connection.
Clinical expertise meets educational insight.
Joanie’s educational background sets her apart: she understands how children’s emotional challenges manifest in academic environments and how to build coordinated support across home and school. She partners with parents throughout treatment — not just in occasional check-ins, but as active collaborators in building a healthier environment for their child.
She works with children and adolescents to build healthy coping skills, improve emotional regulation, strengthen communication, and develop long-term resilience. For teens, she creates a trusted relationship where hard things can be discussed safely. For parents, she provides guidance, coaching, and tools to reinforce therapy gains at home. When appropriate and consented to, Joanie can coordinate with teachers, school counselors, and other providers to create a consistent support system. Learn about teen therapy at MindLift →
Book with Joanie — new clients welcome.
Joanie is accepting new clients for teen therapy, family counseling, ADHD, and couples work. In person in McKinney and via telehealth across Texas.