Joy Nalywaiko, LPCc (she/her)
Joy brings a deep passion for holistic healing and personal transformation to her clinical work. Drawing from her own healing journey after a traumatic event, she discovered her purpose: to empower others to grow and heal from trauma, reconnect with themselves, and live more fulfilling lives.
With professional experience working with a variety of clients, Joy specializes in supporting women navigating mid-life transitions, perimenopause, and menopause. For clients of all ages and backgrounds, she provides a safe, empathetic space to process trauma, anxiety, and life transitions. Her approach integrates therapeutic techniques with compassion, humor, and mindfulness practices.
Joy’s past work as a hypno-coach combined nature-based coaching, hypnotherapy, and somatic practices to help clients release stored emotional and physical tension. Through gentle movement, mindfulness, and subconscious work, she supports individuals in uncovering limiting beliefs, reprogramming thought patterns, and developing emotional balance.
Her professional training includes master’s level coursework in counseling, certifications in hypnotherapy from the Hypnotherapy Training Institute, and nature-connected coaching, was accredited at the ACC level with the International Coaching Federation. She is also a registered yoga teacher, specializing in trauma-informed practices such as Hatha Vinyasa Flow, Kundalini, and Ashtanga yoga. Additionally, Joy incorporates expertise in Laughter Yoga and guided meditations to create a welcoming environment where clients can explore their truths and find healing.
Having spent much of her life living abroad, Joy brings a multicultural perspective to her practice. She has studied energy healing at the Psychic Horizons Center and holistic nutrition at the Nutrition Therapy Institute.
Joy believes in the power of simple, accessible techniques that clients can easily incorporate into their daily lives. Whether working on stress reduction, emotional balance, or building healthy boundaries, she offers a supportive, compassionate space for growth and transformation.
When she’s not working with clients, Joy enjoys running up mountains, exploring the outdoors, writing about her adventures, and sharing the joys of laughter and self-care.
I am passionate about working with individuals who feel stunted by the lingering impact of trauma, PTSD, hormonal issues, and early childhood relational wounding.
My Education and Certifications
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Hypnotherapy is a guided therapeutic technique that uses hypnosis to induce a state of deep relaxation and focused concentration. By accessing this heightened state of awareness, individuals become more open to positive suggestions designed to modify behaviors, manage pain, or cope with stress and anxiety. [1, 2, 3]
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Trauma can sometimes prevent the brain from properly processing and storing a memory, making a past event feel like it is happening all over again. EMDR operates on the principle of Adaptive Information Processing, using bilateral stimulation—such as guided eye movements, physical tapping, or audio tones—to activate both hemispheres of the brain. This process is believed to help the brain naturally digest and integrate traumatic memories, desensitizing the emotional distress associated with them.
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Soma is the greek word for body. Examples of somatic practices are breathing exercises, meditation, dance, and other forms of body movement. Our bodies are wise beyond measure and hold the key to healing at the deepest level, an inner wisdom, and our fullest potential. Somatic therapy looks at the connection of the mind and body and uses both psychotherapy and physical therapies for holistic healing.
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Psychedelic therapy is an emergent healing modality that pairs substances, guided support, and the therapeutic environment to promote healing and personal insight.
We believe in you and your innate ability to heal. Often, that ability can feel diminished due to past experiences, traumas, and learned patterns. Our aim is to serve as a support alongside you, with the psychedelic medicine working as a catalyst to open up access to healing that may have been previously less accessible.
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Rates for Therapy Services
Free Consultations Available
Individual Therapy Sessions 50 minutes: $150.00
Hypnotherapy 2 hours: $300.00
Sliding Scale Options Available
Other services provided are pro-rated at $170.00/60 minutes.