Joyce Duval, LPC, LMHC
Compassionate counselor focused on practical change
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Joyce works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Oregon, Washington
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Joyce
Joyce Duval is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with more than 26 years of experience. She practices in Oregon and brings a steady, practical approach to common life stresses. Joyce focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, anger, and other everyday struggles so they can move forward.
Her work is grounded in a client-centered style. She listens for what matters to each person and uses that understanding to guide problem solving.
Background and approach
Joyce teaches coping skills and helps clients develop tools they can use between sessions. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and change unhelpful behavior. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when people need ways to regulate strong emotions and tolerate distress.
Mindfulness practices are part of sessions to encourage calm, presence, and clearer decision making. Joyce also uses motivational interviewing when someone needs help finding reasons and momentum for change. That approach helps clarify values and build practical steps toward goals like improved relationships, work changes, or reducing substance use.
People who choose Joyce will find a warm, respectful clinician who focuses on real-life solutions. She helps clients set reachable goals, practice new skills, and build routines that support lasting change. Her aim is to work collaboratively so each person can create the life they want.
What Joyce works with
Everything Joyce lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Joyce's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
Approaches Joyce lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using evidence-based skills in online therapy
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on what matters to the person in front of the screen. The therapist listens closely and shapes sessions around each person’s values and goals, which helps guide decisions about what to work on next.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions usually involve identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing new behaviors, and setting small experiments to test different ways of coping. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and low mood.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and handling crises without making things worse. In teletherapy, DBT tools like distress tolerance and emotion regulation can be taught, practiced, and reviewed between meetings to help people stay steady under pressure.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and personal preferences. That ongoing discussion shapes what happens in sessions and what skills are practiced at home.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is good for deeper conversation and face-to-face connection, phone calls need less bandwidth, live chat can work for quicker check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in their own time. These options offer flexibility so therapy can match a person’s schedule and communication style.
Questions people ask about Joyce
What concerns does Joyce commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, career questions, and questions about life purpose and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative. She listens for meaning and feeling, then helps people problem solve and build concrete coping skills.
What is her background and experience?
She has 26 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of life problems and mental health concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Oregon.
Which languages are supported and are international sessions possible?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Joyce?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.