Joy Jones
Hello! Thank you for stopping by. I am a licensed mental health therapist in Indiana. I obtained a Masters degree from Wheaton College, IL and completed doctoral level advanced course work in clinical sychology. As you try to figure out what help or which therapist might be best for your concern(s), here is a bit about me. I am certified in integrative medicine psychotherapy, with training and certificate in nutritional psychiatry. As well also have over 26 years of experience with children, teens and adults of all ages with a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, self-harm, ADHD, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, parenting/parent-child/teen attachment problems. I am dedicated to a whole-person or integrative health approach to mental health therapy. This means that I believe that all aspects of your lived experience- physical/medical, social, spiritual as well as lifestyle choices impact your mental health and overall wellness, and we explore them during therapy to promote healing and growth towards a more healthy integrated- physical, emotional , social and spiritual self.
Hope change and growth are possible one step at a time and you have taken an important step by being here
In my work with patients. I prioritize a non-threatening, safe space that is supportive of insight, growth and healing. Past clients have described me as "genuinely caring, compassionate, easy to talk with, easy to open up to, very knowledgeable and professional. " As we work together, my evidence-based, individualized, whole-person approach to therapy will assist you in identifying and exploring a broad range of factors that might be contributing to and/or maintaining your problem(s) or concern(s). Hope, change and growth are possible, one step at a time, and you have taken an important step today to explore available help. It would be a privilege to work with you.
First session
An initial session with me involves building rapport and prioritizing a caring welcoming and supportive environment. This involves listening very deeply to you. It also involves gathering documented details about or related to your challenging issues in order to begin a clinical assessment, better understand your concerns and begin to formulate an individualized treatment plan supportive of growth and healing and your stated reason for seeking therapy.
Strengths
I am dedicated to a whole-health approach that promotes individualized discovery of and growth towards a more healthy resilient connected physical, emotional , social and spiritual self. In my work with patients I prioritize providing a non-threatening, warm, safe space, as an important part of your growth and healing. Together we will view and explore your current concern(s) through multiple lens and as just one part of your entire physical, mental, spirtual and social self. Patients often describe me as "genuinely caring, compassionate, easy to talk with, easy to open up to, very knowledgeable and professional." As we work together, my unique evidencec based, individualized, whole-person approach to therapy will assist you in identifying and exploring a pathway to improving the problematic area(s) in which you are seeking support.
Ideal clients
-Struggles with anxiety, depression , and other mood and behavioral health disorders -Struggles with a physical or medical diagnosis that affects their behavioral/mental health or vice versa -Struggles with the after effects of past trauma -Needs to gain insight into hidden negative beliefs, and behaviors related to their current challenges -Needs a more positive, truthful mindset that supports growth, and improvement in theirlife. -Is struggling to activate positive behaviors and implement lifestyle changes that are likely to make a difference in their areas of concern -Needs assistance in managing clinical symptoms .
Treatment methods
Integrative
As an integrative psychotherapist I use a whole person or integrative approach. This means I support you in exploring your concern(s)/ problem(s) within multiple contexts - medical, physical, social , spirutal and lifestyle that knowingly or unknowingly are connected, and together affect you as a whole person. and thus the issue(s) for which you are seeking help. What this means is that from the outset, when we first meet and throughout the time that I remain your behavioral health provider, I will engage in ongoing assessment and psychotherapy interventions that seek to identify, explore and address all related issues arising from the connected dimensions of your whole person, mentioned above- medical, physical social, spritual and lifestyle that affect you as a whole person, how you function, and the reason you sought treatment.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions921 S Barr St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802