About Kelly
Kelly Joyce is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in Ohio with nine years of mental health experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, addiction, and life transitions. She also supports issues around self-esteem, intimacy, parenting, career worries, and LGBT related concerns.
Kelly keeps sessions focused and practical. She listens first and helps people set clear goals. Conversations tend to include steps to manage strong emotions, reduce unhelpful thinking patterns, and build coping skills.
How Kelly works
The pace is adapted to each person’s needs. Her background includes work in inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment settings, partial hospitalization programs, and outpatient care. This range gives her experience with both crisis-focused and longer-term support.
She draws on that experience to shape treatment plans that feel realistic and doable. Kelly uses approaches that center the person’s values and choices. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), client-centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) depending on the issue.
EMDR is also listed among her approaches when appropriate. Outside of work she enjoys time with her family, watching true crime documentaries, traveling, and spending time with her cats. Her style is warm and down-to-earth while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.
Kelly lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Kelly works with
The areas below are the ones Kelly 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online and what to expect
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life while learning to accept difficult feelings rather than fight them. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical tools to shift thinking and behavior. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the pace and focus of sessions to build insight and confidence.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, comfort, and past experiences and then suggest methods that fit. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what helps most, keeping collaboration central to the process.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain steady progress.
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