Individual therapy
Time to name what you need and turn it over without hurry. For depression, anxiety, trauma, compulsive behavior — or simply for a neutral person to think alongside.
Start where the water is shallow.
Counseling for adults, couples, and families in west Little Rock — and by video anywhere in Arkansas. You don't have to arrive with it all figured out.
8 insurance plans accepted 18 years in the field Telehealth statewide
What people bring here
There's no threshold you have to cross to qualify.
Some people arrive in the middle of something serious. Others just want a neutral person to check their thinking against. Both are good reasons to call.
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma & PTSD
- Grief and loss
- Family conflict
- Adolescent behavior
- Relationship strain
- Life transitions
- Compulsive behaviors
- Anger
- Parenting
- Stress and burnout
How the work is structured
Six ways to begin.
Family therapy
A new baby, an illness, a job lost, a death. Family work is where you see your own role clearly, name the behaviors holding the problem in place, and find a new balance.
Couples therapy
Two people, one room, everything on the table. Recognize the pattern, work the conflict through, and get practical about the choices you're each making. Open to couples of all kinds.
Premarital counseling
Deeper than the usual premarital hour. We assess across the whole relationship and hand you tools you'll still be using in year ten.
Group therapy
Work alongside a few people carrying something similar. Groups form as there's need — call to ask what's running now.
Telehealth
Secure, HIPAA-compliant video from wherever you are in Arkansas. Phone, tablet, or laptop. You choose the room.
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Meet the provider
Joseph Alan Rowell
Licensed Professional Counselor · Nationally Certified Counselor
Joseph grew up in rural Arkansas, where quiet water and long walks did a fair amount of the work a therapy room does now. He tries to bring some of that into the office.
He has eighteen years in the helping professions, nine of them licensed, including work with detained and high-risk youth in juvenile detention centers and intensive outpatient programs. That history shows up as steadiness about hard material — very little of it is new to him.
He works from cognitive behavioral, trauma-focused, and experiential approaches, with children, adolescents, adults, and families. The aim is durable change: managing what's in front of you now, and having the skills ready for what comes next.
- LPC — Arkansas
- NCC — NBCC
- M.S. Professional Counseling
- Ed.S. Professional Counseling
- TF-CBT Certified — UAMS
Insurance
Most people who call are already covered.
Journey Creek is in network with the plans below. If yours isn't listed, call anyway — out-of-network benefits often cover more than people expect, and we'll check before you commit to anything.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Ambetter
- United Healthcare
- UMR
- Aetna
- Cigna
- QualChoice
- ComPsych
What happens next
Four steps, and none of them are big.
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You reach out
Call 501-476-5531 or send a note through the portal, and leave a way to reach you back.
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A short conversation
A short conversation about what's going on, what you're hoping for, and whether this is the right fit.
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We check your coverage
Give us the plan and we'll confirm what your visits will actually cost before you're on the hook.
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The first session
In the office on Rahling Circle, or by video. Nothing is required of you except showing up.
Ready when you are
Take the first step.
One call is the whole ask. Everything after that gets easier.
Book a first session