Joni Ogle, LCSW, CSAT
Chief Executive Officer
Joni Ogle, LCSW, CSAT, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist with more than 35 years of clinical and executive leadership experience in addiction treatment, trauma recovery, and co-occurring mental health disorders.
She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transcend Supportive Living and The Heights Treatment Center, established in Houston, Texas in 2016. Under her leadership, both organizations were developed to deliver clinically rigorous, ethically grounded behavioral health care with an emphasis on structure, accountability, and long-term recovery stabilization.
Throughout her career, Joni has held senior clinical leadership positions within nationally recognized behavioral health systems. In 2014, she was appointed Director of Young Adult Programs at Promises Treatment Centers in Los Angeles, where she oversaw residential and intensive outpatient programming for emerging adults ages 18 to 30. In that role, she strengthened clinical oversight, continuity of care, and family integration within developmentally informed treatment models.
Her background includes executive clinical direction within large treatment organizations as well as extensive experience in private practice. She has worked with adolescents, young adults, adults, and families navigating substance use disorders, trauma, sexual addiction, process addictions, shame-based behaviors, and complex dual diagnosis presentations.
Credentials & Licensure
Master of Social Work
University of Houston
LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Texas)
CSAT
Certified Sex Addiction Therapist
Training
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Training
Post Induction Therapy, Pia Mellody Model
Training
The Daring Way™ Shame Resilience Curriculum, Dr. Brené Brown
Clinical Philosophy
Joni’s clinical approach is rooted in the understanding that addiction and mental health disorders are chronic, relapsing conditions requiring more than symptom management. Sustainable recovery demands structure, environmental accountability, executive functioning support, and integration of therapeutic principles into daily life.
At Transcend Supportive Living, she ensures that mentoring, structured sober living, and transitional support services operate in alignment with evidence-informed addiction treatment standards. Her work reflects a belief that recovery is strengthened when clinical oversight extends beyond formal treatment settings into structured community environments.
Areas of Clinical Focus
- Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
- Dual Diagnosis & Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders
- Trauma & Complex Trauma
- Young Adult & Failure-to-Launch Presentations
- Process & Behavioral Addictions, including sex addiction
- Family Systems & Enabling Dynamics
- Early Recovery Stabilization & Relapse Prevention
- Structured Transitional & Supportive Living Models
Leadership & Program Development
- Residential treatment programs
- Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
- Young adult specialty programming
- Trauma-informed care models
- Family integration frameworks
- Experiential and engagement-based therapeutic modalities
- Structured sober living and accountability-based housing
Verified Credentials & Related Organizations
Articles Written & Reviewed
What To Do When Someone Refuses Addiction Treatment
What To Do When Someone Refuses Addiction Treatment
Signs Someone Needs More Than Outpatient Care
Signs Someone Needs More Than Outpatient Care
Sober Mentor vs Sober Companion
Sober Mentor vs Sober Companion
What is a Sober Mentor
What is a Sober Mentor
Why Therapy Alone Is Not Always Enough
Why Therapy Alone Is Not Always Enough
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