Joy Close , LCSW

Joy Close is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 28 years of experience helping adults navigate life’s challenges. She emphasizes a collaborative relationship, working together with each person to build new skills, strengthen coping strategies, and find resolution for the problems they bring to therapy. Joy creates a supportive, accepting space where clients can feel heard, valued, and empowered to make meaningful changes.

She tailors her approach to each individual's needs, drawing from a range of therapeutic techniques to provide personalized care. Over nearly three decades of practice she has worked with adults facing anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, family conflict, sexuality and relationship concerns, and issues related to LGBTQIA+ identity and adjustment. Her practice also attends to the broader impacts of trauma, loss, and major life changes.

Joy is committed to social justice and inclusion. She identifies as anti-racist, anti-sexist, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and sex positive, and she welcomes clients from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she brings clinical training and extensive experience to support clients in finding clearer direction and improved well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Joy Close integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy into her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, supporting values-driven change for issues like anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship in which the client’s own goals guide the process; it is especially helpful for building self-understanding, confidence, and stronger relationships. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation, which can aid with stress, grief, and coping with chronic challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joy works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and she adapts methods over time so therapy fits the client rather than the other way around. Licensed professionals often blend techniques to match individual needs and circumstances.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as greater flexibility and easier access to care. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging clients can connect from home or another comfortable setting, making it simpler to fit sessions into busy lives and maintain continuity of support across changing schedules.