Dr. Joyce Love, LMFT
Florida · 35 years in practice
Dr. Joyce Love is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, Florida
- MT1461 · expires March 2027
- LMFT, New York
- 000994 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1245446848 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Joyce
Dr. Joyce Love is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of clinical experience. She brings decades of practice to conversations about stress, anxiety, grief, relationships, and life transitions.
Her work often focuses on helping people find new meaning and clearer direction during difficult periods. Dr. Love prefers to meet people where they are.
She listens with curiosity and without judgment. Sessions are aimed at understanding what matters most to the client now, and then shaping steps that fit their goals and day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Her approach is flexible. She draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice, attachment-based insights about how relationships shape us, and client-centered principles that keep the client's voice central. She also uses emotionally-focused and narrative techniques when those methods help a person express and reframe their experience.
In practice she helps people address common concerns like depression, addictions, anger, intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career stress. She also works with topics such as abandonment, codependency, body image, and caregiver stress. Her style is practical and relational rather than purely technical.
Sessions aim to build trust and open communication so problems can be named and worked through. Dr. Love tailors therapy to each person, combining approaches that seem most useful for the situation.
The focus is on clear steps people can take to feel less stuck and more able to handle life changes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joyce lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joyce names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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 her approaches translate to online work
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and how people face life changes. Online sessions can be a place to talk through purpose, values, and decisions when routines shift or grief arrives.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. In remote sessions the therapist helps identify patterns in close relationships and practices new ways of connecting or setting boundaries.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. That approach is easy to use online because it keeps attention on the client's concerns and uses the therapist's responses to deepen understanding.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that match those aims. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility - video when a fuller conversation helps, phone when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text messaging for quick reflections. These options let people fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel and maintain contact when life gets busy.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, and many related struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is listening-focused and collaborative, blending existential, attachment-based, client-centered, and emotionally-focused ideas to match each person's needs.
What is her background and experience?
She has 35 years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist and brings a broad perspective from long practice with diverse emotional challenges.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Florida and holds LMFT credentials, including NY LMFT and FL LMFT as listed.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule.
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