Guidance and support for overcoming life’s challenges with a heart full of hope.
Welcome to the blog of Joy, a compassionate therapist dedicated to helping you find healing and growth along life’s journey. With a focus on anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles, Joy offers practical insights and support to help you navigate the path to emotional well-being. Through evidence-based practices and a person-centered approach, Joy shares tools, reflections, and guidance to empower you in overcoming obstacles and finding joy in the process of healing.
We all feel it- the negative feelings after the Christmas tree is put away, the weather gets worse, and the sun STILL isn’t shining. Yes, this is the post-holiday blues. We as a society experience this together after the anxiety of getting ready for the holidays. Part of these blues…
Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am terrible at resting. Give me a spare minute, and I am going to do my best to find a way to fill that minute. Some of my many nicknames include the blur (because I am always moving) and the energizer bunny.…
In one of my favorite Young Adult books, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, the main character Annabel is given a series of CD’s by her love interest, all with different types and styles of music on them. But the CD that means the most is the one labelled “Just listen”.…
Trust. It may be a fairly simple five-letter word, but it is such a complicated concept. For those of us who have been hurt before, it can be very difficult to let others in. I have sat across from countless clients who have told me that there is no way…
What does a suicidal person look like? I have been spending a lot of time recently learning about suicide. While it may not be the most uplifting thing to study, it is so important! Did you know that suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United…
Just like Aaron Burr in the musical “Hamilton”, many people want to be in the room where it happens…. Or at least know what happens in that room. While Burr may be talking about the room where political decisions are made, I’m talking about the counseling room. Many people may…
