About Joy Strickland, LMHC

A therapist who will help you move beyond insight.


You may already understand why conflict feels risky, why another person's disappointment spikes your anxiety, or which family role keeps following you into relationships. Understanding the pattern matters. It can also be frustrating when you can explain it perfectly and still react the same way.


I work especially well with thoughtful, self-aware young adults who can explain exactly why they do what they do but are frustrated that understanding the pattern hasn’t made it disappear.


Many grew up as the responsible one, the peacekeeper, or the person everyone counted on. Years later, that can show up as people-pleasing, boundary guilt, self-doubt, or feeling responsible for how everyone else feels.

Meet Joy

I'm Joy Strickland, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Fayetteville, New York. I work with clients age 16 and older in person, and I offer ongoing tele-health in New York, Vermont, and Florida.


I tend to work well with thoughtful, self-aware people who are tired of being able to explain the pattern without being able to stop it. That can show up as people-pleasing, anxiety, family roles, self-doubt, boundary guilt, relationship patterns, or trauma reactions.


Sessions are conversational and active. You do not need to show up polished or prepared. I follow your pace, and I will also tell you when I think we are circling the same thing without getting somewhere.


Thirty Years Teaching English Changed How I Listen


Teaching trained me to notice language, subtext, contradiction, and the story someone is trying hard not to tell. I watched capable people meet expectations while quietly losing contact with their own judgement.


That background still shapes how I work in therapy. I pay attention to what you say, what you skip over, the role you automatically take, and that point where your intellectual understanding stops changing what you feel or do.

How I Work

My work is person-centered and strengths-based, with attention to what happens in your body as well as what you understand intellectually.


Depending on what brings you in, I may draw from TIST, parts work, EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, CBT, or DBT.


I don't expect one approach to work for everyone. If we're not getting somewhere, we pay attention to that and try another way in.


Ongoing Therapy

Accelerated Resolution Therapy

EMDR Intensive Therapy


Sand tray, sensory tools, and books in Joy Strickland’s Fayetteville therapy office

Who This Practice Fits?


  • Clients 16 and older seeking outpatient individual therapy.
  • People Working with anxiety, self-doubt, family roles, people-pleasing, boundaries, trauma reactions, relationships, and life transitions.
  • People who want a therapist who is warm and relational but willing to be direct.
  • People interested in ongoing therapy or a focused ART/EMDR intensive when appropriate.


This practice may not be the best fit if you:

  • Are under the age 16
  • Are looking primarily for couples therapy.
  • Need a higher level of care or specialized substance-use treatment.
  • Need a therapist who participated directly with your insurance plan.


Credentials


Joy Strickland, MA, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor


Licensure & Registration

New York License: 016703
Vermont Telehealth Registration: 068.0137047TELE
Florida Telehealth Provider: TPMC7892


Advanced Training

EMDR Basic Training
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
CBT and DBT
Trauma-Informed Stabilization (TIST)
Parts and ego-state work


Education

University at Buffalo
CAS, Mental Health Counseling

Syracuse University
MS, School Counseling

Teachers College, Columbia University
MA, English Education

Trinity College
BA, English