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- Attachment work
- Emotionally focused
- Client centered
About Joyce
Dr. Joyce Love, LMFT, is licensed in New York and Florida and has 35 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, grief, parenting, career issues, ADHD, and related challenges. She uses attachment-based, client-centered, emotionally-focused, existential, and Imago approaches to guide her work.
Dr. Love describes her work as helping people look for opportunities for change that can bring hope and new meaning. She listens without judgment and asks curious questions to understand what comes up in the moment. Her sessions aim to identify present struggles and the patterns that keep them going.
Her background combines a long career in marriage and family therapy with training as a school psychologist. That variety of perspectives informs how she notices attachment patterns, communication problems, and areas where people get stuck. She draws on several theoretical models and mixes them to suit each client.
In practice she pays attention to feelings, expectations, and goals. She works with people on practical issues like communication, boundary setting, and managing strong emotions. She also addresses deeper themes such as meaning, identity, and connection.
The therapist adapts interventions from attachment-based work, emotionally-focused methods, and client-centered listening. Sessions tend to be conversational and focused on clarifying problems, trying new responses, and tracking progress over time. She encourages clients to notice changes between sessions and to practice new ways of relating.
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Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Love uses attachment-based work to help people notice how early bonds shape current feelings and relationship patterns. This approach looks at how people respond to closeness and how those responses affect conflict and connection.She also uses emotionally-focused therapy to identify and shift the emotions that drive interactions. EFT helps when strong feelings repeat between partners or in close relationships and when people want clearer emotional responses.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, patterns, and preferences and then recommend which methods to try. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked over time.
Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not specified in this biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can use conversational, emotionally focused, and attachment-based techniques effectively in remote sessions when the format fits the client's needs.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Listed in
Florida, New York
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, parenting, career concerns, ADHD, and related topics.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and client-centered, using attachment-based and emotionally-focused methods alongside existential and narrative ideas.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has 35 years of clinical experience.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in New York and Florida and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a session with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988.