Joy Kelleher, LCSW, CSW

Joy Kelleher brings more than 25 years of social work experience to her therapeutic practice, combining international work with a broad clinical background across the lifespan. She practices from a relational, strength-based, and individualized approach, aiming to reduce barriers to care by offering flexible availability and methods that fit each person's needs. Joy helps people identify and build on their strengths, develop resilience, and navigate grief, loss, trauma, and other life challenges.

Her work focuses on supporting young adults through life transitions as well as assisting adults with relationship concerns, career difficulties, anxiety, and depression. She also addresses a wide range of specialty and focus areas including stress, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addictions, LGBT issues, parenting, intimacy-related concerns, and mood disorders. Joy draws from evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor intervention to the individual.

Joy holds professional credentials as an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and CSW (Clinical Social Worker) and has maintained a long career of community service and volunteer work. She remains engaged with community programs, including serving as a volunteer assistant swim coach at a local university where she supports student athletes in adjusting to college life and developing practical life skills. At the heart of her practice is a belief in transformation through connection, empowerment, and healing, and a conviction that people benefit from being heard, finding belonging, and gaining tools to meet their goals.