About Me

My clients describe me as someone they feel safe and comfortable with, someone they can trust, and someone who genuinely cares for them.

I’m Joy Gillespie, MSW, LCSW, an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™. My practice is fully online, and I work with adults throughout Missouri and Arkansas by secure video. For online EMDR I use a platform designed for it, so the work is just as structured and effective as it would be in an office.

I help anxious and overwhelmed adults learn how to manage their feelings better so that they can feel more in control again. I help perfectionists and high achievers learn how not to be their own biggest enemy so that they can reach their potential. I help people pleasers and self doubters learn how to truly respect and trust themselves, just like how they show up for others.

Most importantly, I help all clients explore and address the root of their struggles, using EMDR to help the brain finish processing painful experiences, and drawing on IFS and ERP where they fit, so that they can achieve long-term healing.

My areas of expertise include: perfectionism, imposter syndrome (feeling like you are “a fraud”), performance anxiety (in professionals, students, artists, athletes, etc.), people pleasing (struggling with setting and reinforcing boundaries), not feeling good enough about yourself, obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors, anxiety issues (health anxiety, generalized anxiety, worry, panic, etc.), “unfinished business” from the past (single or complex trauma, PTSD) and burnout (at home, work, school, etc.).

Contact me today to book a FREE 30-min consultation session to determine if we are a good fit for each other!