Joyce McDowell
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
About Joyce
I have been providing counseling for about 25 years. I worked my first 10 years with the elderly population. For the past 15 years I have worked with all age ranges in a variety of areas. I meet my clients where they are, using Client Centered focus, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (cause & effect) of behaviors. I also use EFIT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy) to assist with trauma. My clients are a critical part of my treatment plan development as my desire is to assist in their success – effectively working myself out of their lives. They learn the coping skills rather than dependence on a person to go from one crisis to the next.
What Joyce helps with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
How Joyce works
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “The best!”
- “Very kind and respectful. Genuinely a sweet and caring individual”
- “Joyce is one of those therapists that will hold you to account for your actions in your own life while maintaining compassion for the "why" behind it. She asks the hard questions, respects your answers and prompts great therapy. As a straight shooter, I appreciate this dynamic from others and she works well with me!”
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- “I lovveeeee her she’s amazing”
- “Joyce's wonderful! She understands grief. She is compassionate, a good listener and we have a lot of common ground together”
- “Incredible person who truly wants to understand and help you improve. I cant thank her enough over the last few months and I genuinely look forward to our weekly meetings.”
- “Joyce has been instrumental in me navigating some huge life changes and overcoming challenges.”
- “Joyce seems very competent and very nice I’m excited to continue working with her”
- “After one intake session & one therapy session, Joyce has already been a great listener, kind, and supportive. She gave me some assignments to help me through the week; and going into our session tomorrow I am hopeful & looking forward to it.”
- “Dr. McDowell has been very patient and insightful with me and I really appreciate her.”
- “She is great and I love that she digs into different stuff. She is so easy to talk to”
- “Joyce is very kind and receptive. Very good at intuiting what advice you need to improve, not just validating everything you want to hear.”
- “Joyce McDowell makes me feel heard which motivates me to do the work necessary to change. I like the results I see in my life so far.”
- “Joyce is gentle yet assertive. She is a great listener and imparts so much wisdom.”
- “Had 2 video sessions so far and sent a few messages back and fourth. Since starting this journey she has been absolutely amazing.”
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