She is the director of The Wellspring Center for Life Enhancement, a non-profit center which provides psychological support for individuals and families facing life-changing illness. She has also served for decades as part-time, and then adjunct faculty of Lesley University in the Graduate Counseling Psychology Division, and is also an adjunct faculty member at Andover Newton Theological School. Joan is a coordinator of the Focusing Institute and presents Focusing, a mind/body method, nationally and internationally to psychotherapists, healthcare providers, and the public. She has published articles on Focusing in professional journals. She is on the advisory board of both The Focusing Institute and the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine. Joan is on the advisory board of the Institute for Body, Mind and Spirituality at Lesley University.