About Joel Mog
I work with individuals and families to gather strengths and skills to handle tough moments, put old traumas in perspective and in the past, and find calm through life’s biggest transitions and upheavals.
I help you focus on what matters most to you, what you’re passionate about, and on putting your values and aspirations into action.
What I can help with: trauma and resiliency | anxiety | depression | chronic pain/illness | grief and loss | relationships | phase-of-life transitions | panic | phobias | post-traumatic stress (PTSD) | attachment | family dynamics | self-compassion | domestic violence | childhood trauma and abuse
Tools I use: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) | EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) | Motivational Interviewing | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) | Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) | mindfulness | spirituality | compassion
A licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience, I started my career working with some of our society’s most vulnerable—including teens in the juvenile justice system and families transitioning out of homelessness. Since then, I’ve counseled clients at every stage of life—navigating a new career, new family, loss and grief, midlife turning points, spiritual questions, trauma, change in marital status, aging, and medical issues.
My personal journey includes a 4200-mile bicycle tour through Mexico and Central America as a young adult, my own experience with chronic illness, time living and working in intentional communities, hiking and immersion in nature, and classes in life transitions and trauma at Harvard Divinity School. I’ve always felt it’s important to savor the ride through both hard and joyful moments.