Ann Arbor
Therapy, Assessment & Medication Management

Joy Family Center is a person-centered mental health practice in Ann Arbor, with its main office at 2350 Washtenaw Avenue, Suite 3. Founded in 2016 by Dr. Adam Joy, PsyD, LP, it grew from a commitment to evidence-based care that still feels personal. Ann Arbor’s mix of university life and regional healthcare shapes who we see and how we work. The office sits near the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw Community College, with free parking and easy transit. Patients can meet in person or by telehealth from anywhere in Michigan.
The team includes psychologists, clinical social workers, and a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Together we offer individual and family therapy, psychological and neuropsychological assessment, and medication management. Therapy is available for children ages 6 and up, adolescents, teens, college students, adults, and professionals. Assessments cover ADHD, autism and other neurodivergence, IQ, diagnostic clarity, and related questions. Medication management can support focus, mood, anxiety, and substance-related concerns when clinically appropriate.
We treat anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, ADHD, relationship and family conflict, school and work pressure, grief, life transitions, substance use, and self-esteem. Many patients are high-performing students and professionals who look capable while privately managing exhaustion, self-criticism, or the sense that they are barely holding on. Others come because a child is struggling at school, a family is stuck in the same patterns, or someone wants a clearer picture of ADHD, autism, or another condition. We also work with veterans, people facing medical stress, and clients exploring identity, including neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ patients.
Ann Arbor supplies a distinctive mix: students under academic pressure, faculty and healthcare workers reluctant to slow down, and families from Washtenaw County and nearby communities who want coordinated care instead of a string of referrals. Telehealth extends the same team statewide.
Our style is collaborative and direct. We draw on ACT, CBT, EMDR, mindfulness, and psychodynamic ideas as tools, not scripts. The aim is a more workable life—less self-criticism, clearer values, relationships that feel less like a performance. Offices are warm rather than clinical because people already carry enough tension when they ask for help.
We treat that first step as courage, not failure. The practice has stayed a group of clinicians rather than a high-volume mill. Community work—campus events, local recovery partnerships, and advocacy when insurers limit access—grows from the same idea: mental health care should be ordinary, local, and available before a crisis.
Joy Family Center serves children, students, families, and working adults who want thoughtful therapy, clear assessment, and careful medication support. The Ann Arbor office is home base; the work is statewide.