welcome

Welcome to my psychotherapy web site. My name is Nan Joy. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 14 years experience helping individual men, women, and couples work through a wide range of difficulties.

On these pages you will find information about my psychotherapy approach, my professional biography, directions to my office and information about fees and insurance.

In my psychotherapy practice we explore two separate lives: your inside life and your outside life. When your inside life is distressed — anxious, sad, numb — then your outside life is challenged. You might use food, drugs, relationships, sex, alcohol, television, or work as a way to numb your interior experience. Or, you may experience chronic anxiety, depression, or other distressing mental health symptoms. These are all symptoms of unresolved pain located in your unconscious. These symptoms are a signal that there is something "off" inside of you.

We all seek to have a happy and content inner life. Sometimes, we have to tease out the discomfort inside of us and compassionately unwind the trauma or experience that created the discomfort. Facing this can be difficult or frightening, but the rewards are immense.