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Joy Close, LCSW

  • Experience28 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and LGBT
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Joy

Joy Close is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, ADHD, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and other life challenges.

Background and approach

She emphasizes collaborative care so clients feel heard and can build practical skills to improve coping, manage emotions, and find clarity around important decisions. Her practice aims to create an accepting, respectful environment where people can explore identity, values, and goals while working toward meaningful change.

With 28 years of experience in North Carolina, Joy draws from a range of therapeutic methods to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She combines mindfulness-based strategies and acceptance-oriented work with psychodynamic exploration and solution-focused techniques to address a wide variety of concerns, including career questions, caregiving stress, chronic illness, trauma, and mood disorders.

Joy is committed to social justice and practices in an affirming, anti-racist, and sex-positive manner. She provides services in English and offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Joy combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy with client-centered principles to support change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take action toward a meaningful life while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-regulation skills that can reduce reactivity and improve stress management. Client-centered work emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic relationship that allows clients to feel understood as they explore concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and caregiving stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in sessions. Together they may blend techniques from different models so the work matches each person's needs and pace, revising the plan as progress and circumstances change.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work during life transitions, and maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are impractical. Licensed professionals can adapt methods like mindfulness exercises, values-based planning, and brief solution-focused interventions to virtual formats to keep treatment practical and goal-oriented.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Joy commonly address?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, addictions, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered, combining acceptance and mindfulness techniques with psychodynamic insight and solution-focused strategies to help clients build skills and gain perspective.
What level of experience does she bring?
Joy brings 28 years of clinical experience working with adults on issues such as mood disorders, trauma, caregiving stress, and sexuality concerns.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina with license number NC LCSW C003042 and practices from that state.
Can clients work with her in languages other than English?
Sessions are provided in English; she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTGriefDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsFamily of origin issuesFirst responder issuesHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)SexualityTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

28+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English

What Joy can help with

Joy Close works with clients on stress and anxiety, LGBT, grief, depression, and coping with life changes.

Joy works with adult clients from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.

How Joy approaches therapy

Joy's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Joy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in North Carolina.