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Joy Steiner

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Joy Steiner, LCSW

Florida

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW
  • LicenseLCSW, Florida / SW20516; LCSW, Nevada / 11218-C
  • NPI1306371380
  • Experience9 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationFlorida

About

  • Anger management skills
  • Communication strategies
  • ACT and CBT methods

About Joy

Joy Steiner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nine years of practice, licensed in Florida and Nevada. She works with adults facing common life stresses such as anger, grief, parenting challenges, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, and substance concerns. Sessions focus on practical ways to handle upsetting moments and to communicate more clearly with the people who matter.

Her background includes work with mood disorders, attachment challenges, and caregivers under stress. She uses a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address problems like resentment, anxiety, and addictive patterns. In sessions she helps clients notice unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral changes.

Joy emphasizes direct, person-centered conversation. She listens and then offers concrete skills - for example, grounding techniques for intense emotion, communication strategies for conflict, and behavioral experiments to test new ways of behaving. The focus is on what can be tried between sessions to reduce flare-ups and build more steady responses.

She also addresses complex issues such as trauma, attachment ruptures, and co-occurring conditions where anger appears alongside depression or bipolar symptoms. Work may include examining how past relationships shape current reactions and practicing new patterns in real situations.

To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and the practice uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting driven by them and choose actions that align with their values. It is useful when anger and avoidance get in the way of relationships or daily goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments. It helps when anger is linked to patterns of thinking, stress at work, or repeated conflict with others.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) addresses how emotions shape interactions and closeness. It is helpful for people who want to understand the emotional cycles that fuel resentment and detachment. Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Joy will work collaboratively to select methods that fit a client's goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining ACT skills with CBT exercises, or using emotion-focused work to practice new communication habits together.

Session format options should be confirmed before booking. The practical advantages often cited for remote work include fitting sessions into a busy week, doing shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoiding travel time. If you prefer a format that better fits your schedule or energy level, check the current session options during the sign-up process.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Antisocial personalityAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Listed in

Florida, Nevada

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with adults facing anger, grief, parenting stress, relationship problems, anxiety, depression, and substance concerns among other issues.

What is her style in sessions?

Her style is person-centered and practical, focusing on direct conversation, skill teaching, and small behavioral experiments to reduce flare-ups.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has nine years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, attachment challenges, caregiver stress, and related concerns.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licenses in Florida and Nevada and practices out of Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions arranged and what about cost?

Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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Joy Steiner

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