About Joyce
Joyce Duval is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 26 years of experience who practices in Oregon. She is also a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Washington. Joyce focuses on building a respectful working relationship and helping people find practical ways forward.
Her approach centers on listening for meaning and feeling. She draws on client-centered work to make space for each person's story. Joyce helps people sort problems, set goals, and try out new coping skills during sessions.
Background and approach
She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address anxiety, depression, mood struggles, and unhelpful habits. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are part of her toolkit for regulating intense emotions and reducing conflict. Mindfulness practices are introduced to help people feel calmer and more present.
Joyce also uses motivational interviewing when people want to change behaviors such as addictive patterns or career moves. She helps clarify motivation and break changes into manageable steps. This practical, goal-oriented work pairs with a supportive stance.
Clients come for help with stress, relationship and communication problems, grief, parenting concerns, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Joyce works with people on self-esteem, forgiveness, loneliness, and finding life purpose. She aims to help each person create a life that fits their values and goals.
How Joyce brings CBT, DBT, and mindfulness online
Client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) translate well to remote sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting working relationship to guide the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete tools for managing strong emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joyce will talk with each person about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. She combines skill teaching, problem solving, and mindfulness exercises to match each person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect. Video calls are useful for in-depth sessions and practicing skills together. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share between visits, track progress, or check in during a busy day. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life while keeping the work focused and practical.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Oregon, Washington
- Languages
- English