Joy-Ann Phillips-Schwartz , LICSW

Joy-Ann Phillips-Schwartz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 15 years of experience providing a wide range of mental health services. She works with adults, couples, and families, bringing an informed and compassionate approach to challenges such as depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, anger, self-esteem concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She is trained as a forensic interviewer and has experience working with victims of sexual abuse, which informs her trauma-focused practice and sensitivity to complex histories.

Her clinical training includes Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral approaches, and trauma therapies, and she integrates these evidence-based techniques to meet each person where they are. For clients who prefer a faith-centered perspective, she also incorporates faith-based methods from a Christian viewpoint when requested. She emphasizes clients' strengths, views people as the experts on their own stories, and partners with them to navigate crises and heal from past wounds.

Based in the District of Columbia, Joy-Ann describes her role as supportive and guiding, helping clients move toward the lives they choose to live. Her LICSW credential indicates a license to practice clinical social work, reflecting formal training and professional standards in the field.