- ACT methods
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness work
About Joy
Joy Kelleher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Georgia with 25 years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, and related difficulties. Her practice also includes support for relationship and career concerns, grief, addictions, and guilt and shame.
Joy draws on several evidence-based approaches to make therapy practical and approachable. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people focus on their values and take small committed actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work for changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also integrates mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice their internal experience and reshape the stories they tell about themselves.
Her style is relational and strength-based. Sessions emphasize clear, targeted work rather than abstract theory. People can expect conversation about current struggles, small experiments to try between sessions, and attention to building coping skills.
Joy has worked internationally and with a wide adult age range. That background informs how she frames life transitions and cultural context during sessions. She volunteers locally as an assistant swim coach and has experience supporting young adults through college and early career stages.
Her practice addresses common life stressors and longer-term mood and trauma concerns. For someone carrying guilt or shame, she offers practical tools, a chance to revisit painful memories or choices, and help in deciding what actions fit their values going forward.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps toward them. Online ACT sessions often involve identifying what matters, practicing acceptance skills, and choosing practical actions between sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In remote sessions CBT can include structured conversations, thought records, and behavior experiments that are easy to plan and review together.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and help decide whether ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or narrative techniques best fit your needs. That decision is collaborative and may evolve as you try different strategies.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also means exercises and homework can be reviewed quickly between meetings so progress stays practical and connected to everyday life.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, relationship and career concerns, grief, addictions, and guilt and shame among other areas.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses approaches like ACT and CBT to help people clarify values, notice unhelpful thought patterns, and try small behavior changes that align with what matters to them.
How long has she practiced?
Joy has 25 years of experience as a social worker, including international work and many years supporting adults through life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed as LCSW and CSW and practices in Georgia.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.