About Joyce
Joyce Washington is a licensed marriage and family therapist in North Carolina with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her style is present and interactive. Sessions tend to be conversational and focused on practical next steps.
Joyce listens closely, asks direct questions, and helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She blends tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused therapy to match each person's needs.
That mix lets her address thoughts and behaviors, manage intense emotions, and repair important connections with others. Joyce also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas when helpful.
Those approaches help clients find energy for change and try small experiments between sessions. She adapts the pace to what a person can handle right now.
People who come to Joyce often want clearer communication, less reactivity, or help moving past hurt from abuse or infidelity. She helps parents with the strain of raising children and supports people navigating grief, aging concerns, body image, and caregiver stress.
The focus is on practical steps and building skills that can be used outside therapy.
Approach-focused online therapy for relationships and trauma
Joyce uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. She also draws on emotionally-focused therapy to identify and change patterns in close relationships, helping people rebuild trust and emotional connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Joyce will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit those goals. The process is collaborative and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people work face to face for relationship work and emotion-focused tasks. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and varied comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English