Joy Kelleher, LCSW, CSW
Licensed in Georgia · 25 years in practice
Joy Kelleher is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice.
License and registration
- LCSW, Georgia
- CSW003073 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1326597840 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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About Joy
Joy Kelleher is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She offers a calm, practical presence for parents and adults who need steady support.
Her approach is relational and strength-based. Sessions center on building skills, naming goals, and using a person’s existing strengths to make changes. Clients can expect focused, empathetic conversation and practical steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Joy blends several evidence-informed methods to meet each person where they are. She draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas to shift patterns of thinking and acceptance-based strategies to help tolerate difficult feelings. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing keep work grounded and action-oriented.
She has worked across a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, body image, workplace stress, parenting strain, and mood disorders. Joy also supports people navigating career transitions, relationship struggles, and questions of life purpose. Joy’s background includes extensive social work experience and volunteer roles that keep her connected to the community.
She uses that experience to guide straightforward problem solving and recovery-focused planning. Her practice is based in Georgia and she conducts sessions in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Body image
- Cancer
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joy names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It is useful when someone wants to move toward what matters even while difficult feelings remain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase moment-to-moment coping, which can help with stress, panic, and persistent worry.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to focus on acceptance, skill training, mindfulness, or a combination of methods, and they adjust as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching-style contact. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and continue care from different locations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career-related concerns, ADHD, and many other life stressors.
What is her style in sessions?
Her style is relational and strength-based, combining practical skill teaching with supportive conversation. Sessions focus on clear goals and useful steps to try between meetings.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 25 years of experience as a social worker, including a range of roles and volunteer work that inform her clinical perspective.
Where is she licensed and based?
Joy holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Georgia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she practices with clients located where her licensing applies.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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