Joy Welch
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
About Joy
I’m sorry. I don’t take insurance at this time. Hi. I am a licensed counselor in with 18 years of professional work experience. I work with Male Adults, and Female Adults, who seeking change in their lives. I can work with clients who live in Texas, Florida and Vermont. My expertise includes helping clients with anxiety, past and present relationships, trauma, abuse, depression, self esteem, and confidence.
It takes courage to seek out a happier, more fulfilling life and now you’re taking the first steps. I am here to support & empower you in that journey!
What Joy helps with
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Joy works
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Internal Family Systems
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Joy is very knowledgeable and understanding about the challenges of day to day situations affecting availability for sessions. We have maintained our relationship and readily pick up where we left off in previous sessions.”
- “Joy is very patient and helpful with the quirks of my phone and multiple blue tooth devices interfering with our sessions.”
- “Joy is empathetic, practical and understanding! Loved my first session. She's very trauma informed and we went through allot of stages of my life to help us both gain a better understanding of my triggers and thinking patterns.”
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- “Knowledgeable. Insightful. Outstanding.”
- “I initially planned on doing a month of therapy but the progress I’ve made with Joy has been beyond my expectations. I feel so much better after every session . It’s my first time doing therapy and I wish I had done it sooner. <br /> A+++”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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