Dr. Joyce Love, LMFT

Florida · 35 years in practice

Dr. Joyce Love is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of practice.

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 with 35 years of practice. She is based in Florida and offers a steady, calm presence for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship questions, and major life changes.

Dr. Love draws on long experience to help people find clearer direction and renewed hope. She begins by listening closely and without judgment.

That first step is practical: it helps identify what feels most urgent and what the person wants to change.

Background and approach

Sessions are shaped around each person's needs, feelings, expectations, and goals rather than a fixed script. Her background includes work with attachment issues and emotionally focused ways of understanding how people connect. She uses approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered techniques to guide conversations about intimacy, communication, and trust.

Dr. Love also draws on narrative and existential ideas when helpful, inviting clients to name the stories that shape their lives and to consider meaning and choice. She will work with practical concerns too, including career stress, parenting strain, addiction, body image, and grief.

People meet a therapist who prefers a compassionate, curious stance. The focus is on clear, doable steps and on building a dependable working relationship. That steady partnership aims to help people move through painful moments and toward the changes they want.

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

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on feelings and how those feelings guide connection and behavior. It helps people notice emotion patterns in relationships and practice new ways of reaching out or responding to others. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early and current attachment patterns to understand how people seek closeness and safety, and it helps people build more supported ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the approach based on what helps most over time.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use body language and tone to deepen conversations, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style support, or when someone prefers typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, grief, parenting strain, and career stress.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is compassionate and curious, with an emphasis on listening first and shaping sessions around a person's needs and goals.

What is her professional background?

She brings 35 years of clinical experience and a long history of working with emotional and relational issues.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with licenses in New York and Florida, and she practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are costs and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist factors; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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