About Joy
Joy Rumsey helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. She meets clients with calm, direct support and works side by side to set clear, realistic goals. Joy uses simple, practical tools so people can start seeing change between sessions.
She focuses on reducing stress and anxiety, managing mood shifts, and addressing addiction and grief. Joy also helps people who struggle with low self-esteem, relationship strain, anger, and coping with big life changes.
How Joy works
Her approach aims to make daily life easier and more manageable, one step at a time. Joy brings 13 years of experience in hospitals, schools, and outpatient practice. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Maryland - LCSW-C.
Her background includes facilitating outpatient programs for adults with mood disorders and substance use issues. In sessions she draws on practical methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Internal Family Systems. These tools are used to build coping skills, improve emotional regulation, and clarify what matters most to each person.
Her work emphasizes a person’s strengths and knowledge of their own life. Joy collaborates with each client to develop skills for handling unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to support lasting change. She invites people to take the first step toward feeling better.
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What Joy works with
The areas below are the ones Joy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches for online sessions and practical care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then commit to actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and teaching concrete strategies to change them. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and mood management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills to reduce intense reactions and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Joy works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She will try practical tools, check how they fit, and adjust the plan together so the work feels useful and doable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give options that fit daily life. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone can be a good shorter check-in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support quick reflections or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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