About Joyce
Dr. Joyce Love is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience. She practices in Florida and focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or anxious.
Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making conversations feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone. She listens without judgment and uses what the person brings to the session to guide the work. Sessions begin by identifying the problem that feels most urgent.
Background and approach
From there she helps people name their goals and try practical steps that fit their daily life. Her background spans many ways of working with people, so she pulls from different approaches to match each person. That can mean looking at attachment patterns, using emotionally focused techniques, or working through stories people tell about themselves.
The mix is chosen to fit a person’s needs rather than following one fixed method. People commonly seek her help for anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, substance concerns, career worries, and self-esteem issues. She also supports those coping with life changes, parenting strain, body image concerns, and attachment-related struggles.
Dr. Love keeps the room simple and practical. Conversations aim to clarify what matters now and what small changes might help.
She helps people notice patterns, try new ways of relating, and check what works in real life.
How these approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice connection styles and try different ways of relating in daily life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and how they affect relationships and personal distress; it helps people name core feelings and practice new emotional responses. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and acceptance so a person can explore concerns at their own pace and find internal resources. Finding the right way to work is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means checking in about what helps and adjusting methods as therapy unfolds. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work for ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer typing. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy family and work routines.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida, New York
- Languages
- English
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