About Joyce
Joyce Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Michigan with 12 years of experience. She began her career as a high school counselor and later worked in community mental health. Joyce focuses on helping people manage mood concerns, anxiety, and grief in a straightforward way.
She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult feelings. Joyce listens closely and helps people name what’s happening for them.
Background and approach
She believes small changes in thinking and action can make a difference day to day. In sessions she uses practical methods from cognitive behavioral approaches and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach coping tools. These methods help with worry, low mood, panic, and navigating loss.
Joyce also draws on client-centered therapy, following each person’s pace and priorities. She supports work on relationships, career stress, anger, addictions, and challenges linked to chronic pain or illness. Joyce helps people rebuild self-esteem, manage life transitions, and address feelings of isolation or shame.
Work with her typically focuses on clear, usable skills and steps to practice between meetings. Joyce helps people set realistic goals and tracks progress together. She welcomes international clients and offers sessions in English.
How Joyce’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions based on values. It can help when worry, low mood, or life changes make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening approach where the person’s goals shape the work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Joyce will discuss these methods with each person and try to match techniques to goals, needs, and preferences. She works collaboratively, checking in about what helps and adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face to face, while phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging work well for shorter check-ins or for people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to connect from different locations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English