Meet joy allovio, licensed professional counselor

Ready to feel secure and confident in your own skin?

Joy Allovio anxiety and trauma therapist for teens and young women is smiling.

Do you remember a time when worry and insecurity weren’t the “norm”, but those days feel like a distant memory? Don’t you wish you had the tools to change that?

You’re in the right place.

I’m here to help you build a better relationship with yourself.

I'm Joy Allovio, a licensed therapist and I help teens and young adult females just like you. Ones that have it within them to be healthy and thrive in life again, but just need the support to get there.

I help my clients find confidence, happiness, and fulfillment by equipping them with the tools they need to better understand and trust themselves again.

Many of today’s solutions for anxiety or trauma are done using just talk therapy leading so many to feel like they’re making progress during the session, but not in the real world. I use a therapy called EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). This method helps your brain reprocess disturbing thoughts and take the sting out of the memory. I know that your circumstances are unique, so every step we take will be tailored to you with the end goal in mind.

First, we examine your thought patterns and life events that are causing painful memories and the inability to trust your decisions. Then, we work on behavior and thought changes that will be most effective for you. Through our work together you’ll be equipped with the confidence and skills necessary to show up and enjoy your life.

My style

I believe that everyone has the ability for lasting change.

My training in EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution Focused therapy means I have the expertise you need and deserve when you are healing from anxiety or painful memories. But, at the end of the day, you want to you’re working with someone who “gets” what it means to be a young woman struggling with anxiety, right?

I get it, because I have lived it myself. I’ve had the anxiety that made me question every decision, and the painful memories that keep coming up at inconvenient times. I know sometimes you just want to quit. So when we work together, you won’t just get a trained therapist. You’ll get someone who truly understands what you’re going through.

Training & Education

  • Baylor University (1999) - Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems

  • Tarleton State University (2016) - Master’s of Education with a concentration in Counseling

  • EMDR training (2018)