About Joyce
Dr. Joyce A. Griffin helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, addiction, and trauma.
She is Dr. Joyce A. Griffin, a licensed professional counselor with three decades of clinical experience in Illinois.
She also supports concerns such as ADHD, self-esteem, anger, career questions, and LGBT issues. She uses straightforward, teachable methods that give people skills they can use right away. Joyce prefers a practical style - she gives feedback, suggests tasks to try between sessions, and helps clients build a plan together.
How Joyce works
Sessions focus on small steps that lead to workable changes. Cognitive Behavioral ideas often shape her work, helping clients notice thoughts and try new behaviors. She blends this with solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals.
For trauma and deeper wounds she uses trauma-focused methods that aim to reduce the hold of painful memories and reactions. Her practice is flexible about how therapy looks. She asks clients to help shape the plan and checks progress along the way.
Joyce consults with trusted colleagues when a case needs a different viewpoint. Joyce holds LPC and LCPC credentials, showing long standing clinical practice in Illinois and surrounding areas. She offers services in English and accepts international clients.
Her approach is steady, practical, and tailored to each person’s needs.
Joyce lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Joyce works with
The areas below are the ones Joyce selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy is built around the person’s own goals. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps people shape their priorities and next steps. This approach is helpful when someone needs a steady, accepting space to sort feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into manageable parts and suggests practical experiments and homework to try. This method is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and ADHD-related difficulties.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what works. Clients are invited to help create the plan and to give feedback as they progress.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions fit when bandwidth is low or a camera is not wanted, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work from different places.
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