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Dr. Joyce Love

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Dr. Joyce Love, LMFT

Florida

LMFT - Family and parenting concerns

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About

  • Attachment-based work
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy
  • Client-centered methods

About Joyce

Dr. Joyce Love is an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) practicing in Florida with 35 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship matters, parenting, and career-related issues. She also addresses concerns related to trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, intimacy, and ADHD.

Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She listens without judgment and helps people identify what matters most to them now. Sessions are aimed at finding practical possibilities for change and building clearer meaning in day-to-day life.

Dr. Love draws on several therapy models to match a person’s needs. Attachment-based ideas help when past relationship patterns affect current ones. Client-centered work keeps the person’s experience at the center of sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps with intense relational feelings and how to express them.

She also uses narrative and existential ideas to help people reframe difficult events and consider life priorities. Imago-related concepts can be used to clarify communication patterns that repeat in close relationships. Techniques are blended to fit the person’s goals rather than following a single template.

People who come for help can expect focused listening, questions that clarify patterns, and structured steps to try between sessions. She pays attention to how attachment and communication show up in a client’s daily life. Those who want practical guidance for parenting stress, blended family concerns, or coping with separation often find this direct style useful.

How sessions work

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape present relationships. It looks at patterns of closeness and distance and helps people notice how those patterns repeat in adult life. This can be useful for concerns such as communication problems, abandonment worries, and blended family stress.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s experience in the moment. The therapist follows the client’s concerns, reflects what she hears, and helps the client organize thoughts and feelings. This approach supports work on self-esteem, career decisions, and coping with life changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to strong feelings in close relationships. It helps people identify core emotions and learn ways to express them that change interaction patterns. EFT can be used when intimacy issues or recurring relationship conflicts are present.

Choosing the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences with the client and suggest which methods to try. That selection is collaborative and can shift as new issues come up.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make scheduling easier and fit into busy days, such as shorter check-ins during a work break or sessions that remove travel time. It can also allow sessions without video when someone prefers a phone conversation or lower bandwidth option. Licensed professionals adapt pacing and exercises so practical coping strategies can be used between meetings.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyEmotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyImago Relationship TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

35+ years

Listed in

Florida, New York

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she work with?

She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and parenting concerns, and related areas such as grief and intimacy problems.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is listening-focused and practical. She uses questions to clarify patterns and offers steps to try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 35 years of experience as a practicing therapist.

What are her credentials and location?

She is an LMFT licensed in New York and Florida and practices from Florida.

Does she work in languages other than English or see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.

Which session formats are offered?

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin the process?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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