Joe Dowling

Joe is a licensed professional counsellor who conducts his private psychology practice in Philadelphia, PA. His approach is characterised as peak performance-oriented, strength-based, and future-focused, facilitating therapy as an experiential process. Specialising in solution-focused/strategic therapy, Joe has expertise in clinical and medical hypnotherapy. He employs a state-of-the-art approach to treating anxiety, teaching clients through mindfulness, hypnotic zone experiences, and strategic task assignments. His specialties also include the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, pain management, and habit control for weight management and smoking cessation. With over two decades of experience working with athletes at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels, Joe is a specialist in peak performance and sports psychology. He guides athletes through specialised zone exercises to develop extraordinary self-trust, aiming to create and maintain maximum performance. Joe’s expertise extends to the corporate world, where he has worked as a consultant, facilitating peak performance seminars for professionals in various industries, including pharmaceutical, advertising, and human services. Joe’s professional contributions extend beyond his practice. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences and has published articles in prestigious professional journals. From 2000 to 2009, he worked as a clinician and the director of training for The Milton H. Erickson Institute of Philadelphia. Currently, Joe sees clients from his home office in Philadelphia, where he resides with his wife, Lisa.