Adam Joy, PsyD, LP

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Owner, and Clinical Director

Dr. Adam Joy, a licensed clinical psychologist, is the Founder, Owner, and Clinical Director of Joy Family Center. Dr. Joy's broad range of experience has equipped him with the experience and knowledge to effectively treat a variety of clinical concerns. Dr. Joy welcomes all patients, and has found that he is most effective in working with high achieving students, professionals, and young adults, who also struggle with relationships, anxiety, depression, ADHD, or substance use issues. He also strongly enjoys helping individuals find more effective ways to navigate their relationships and more effectively communicate. A belief sourced in the idea that all behavior is a form of communication and can be data, if understood correctly. The idea that how one thinks about their experiences, self, and environment largely shapes their behavior, mood, and assessment of that experience. Dr. Joy believes in helping his patients create a mental framework to live with a humble confidence based around values driven decisions while finding a sense of personal serenity.

Prior to forging Joy Family Center in 2016, Dr. Joy embarked on his academic journey at Michigan State University, majoring in psychology. His pursuit of higher education led him to Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology, where he earned his Masters and Doctoral degrees with Honors, and served as Vice President of his class. As part of his time training in Los Angeles at Pepperdine Dr. Joy worked with populations as diverse as his interests in the human condition and mental health. In his first year, he was selected as one of 6 from his class of 24 to train at the Union Rescue Mission in Downtown Los Angeles. The selected group provided individual therapy to persons seeking to regain housing and overcome substance use disorder, often with complex psychological presentations. In the following year, he trained at the College Counseling Center at Santa Monica College. At SMC he treated a student population representative of the diversity of people residing in Southern California. The following year, Dr. Joy trained at Metropolitan State Hospital in Los Angeles conducting competency evaluations with a forensic psychiatric population. Additionally, throughout his training Dr. Joy also provided in-home play therapy to Autistic children. After compiling over 3400 training hours in 3 years, Dr. Joy went on to complete his internship at the Center for Autism and related disorders where he continued his work with the Autistic population providing diagnostic assessments and therapy.

Dr. Joy then went on to postdoctoral training at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, additionally acting as a program consultant for the Goodwill of New York and New Jersey, and the Fraser Center for Autism in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In New York Dr. Joy was involved in multiple projects. He was a researcher as part of an international research team including Oxford University, Yale, and Harvard investigating the etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders. He also developed and lead a program to integrate facilitated communication devices for adults with Autism and severe developmental disabilities to improve community connection and communication.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Joy is the President of Restoring Hope Collective. In this role, he dedicates himself to assisting programming to help individuals and families looking to recovery from Substance Use Disorder while facilitating access to recovery resources, and reducing stigma around SUD. Dr. Joy is committed to supporting those on their journey toward a healthy, sober lifestyle.