Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Nan
Nan Joy is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and problems that come from difficult relationships. Nan aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone thinking about therapy.
She uses a direct and respectful style. Sessions are shaped to fit each person’s situation rather than a one-size plan. That can mean talking through current struggles, looking at patterns that keep repeating, or working on practical ways to cope day to day.
Background and approach
Nan draws on client-centered ideas that place the person’s experience at the center of the work. She also uses psychodynamic approaches to notice how past experiences affect present behavior. Existential ideas help people examine values, meaning, and choices when life feels uncertain.
Across issues she supports people dealing with addictions, grief, intimacy and parenting concerns, and career or life transitions. She also addresses complex topics like abandonment, codependency, infidelity, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Her style blends listening with clear suggestions and doable steps.
With 21 years of counseling experience, Nan brings practical experience and steady guidance. She tailors conversation and plans to each person’s needs and goals. The aim is to help people feel more capable of handling daily life and relationships.
What Nan works with
Everything Nan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Nan's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Nan lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches fit online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy places the persons needs and voice at the center of the work. In practice this means sessions focus on what matters most to the client and adapt to their pace, which suits conversation by video, phone, chat, or text. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values, and choices when life feels uncertain. It can help with major life transitions, career questions, and feelings of emptiness by encouraging honest reflection and clear decisions. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that come from earlier life experiences and how those patterns show up now, helping people understand repeating relationship or behavior cycles.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Nan will work together with each person to choose which ideas to use and how to apply them. That collaboration helps set goals and pick methods that match practical needs, comfort, and personal preferences.
Online formats add flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit quick check-ins, live chat supports shorter written exchanges, and text-based messaging can keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats until a comfortable rhythm is found.
Questions people ask about Nan
What concerns does Nan address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, grief, career shifts, and many related concerns such as codependency and infidelity.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful and practical. Sessions focus on the persons experience, patterns from the past, and choices that matter now.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional counseling experience working with a broad range of issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
Nano Joy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Washington.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.