Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Joye works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Joye
Joye Hilton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing strong emotions and life changes. She listens without judgement and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress, manage anger, and improve relationships. Many clients come for anxiety, depression, grief, or struggles around identity and parenting.
Her approach is straightforward and warm. Sessions involve talking through what feels most urgent, learning simple tools to shift unhelpful thoughts, and practicing new ways of responding in daily life.
Background and approach
She draws from acceptance-based methods and cognitive strategies to help people move toward what matters to them. Joye has worked in mental health settings for over a decade and brought that experience into independent practice. She trained in counseling after earning a bachelor of science in psychology and a master of arts in counseling.
Her background includes work with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, and young people with attention and mood concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma, relationship breakdown, communication problems, and career or caregiving stress. Sessions often include goal setting, skill practice, and checking progress between meetings.
Joye aims to make therapy a useful, down-to-earth part of getting through a hard season. Clients can expect a collaborative tone. The focus is on small, manageable changes that fit into everyday life rather than on labels or quick fixes.
What Joye works with
Everything Joye lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Joye's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joye lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Joye Integrates Approaches Online
Joye often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small values-based steps even when feelings are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change behavior and mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they track what helps and adapt the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text messaging lets people use short messages between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
Questions people ask about Joye
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, and identity concerns such as LGBT matters.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and pragmatic, combining acceptance-based work with cognitive techniques and emotion-focused conversation.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She has 13 years of experience working across mental health settings and independent practice.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, credentialed as SC LPC, and is based in South Carolina.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.