Individual and Group
Counseling in Knoxville

Joy Lowrance has been in the helping field for more than 25 years in various capacities, working with schools, businesses and churches, as well as inpatient clinics and medical facilities. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia, Arizona, and Tennessee, and is a member of the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counseling Association, the American Association for Play Therapy, and the American Association for Christian Counselors. She earned her degrees at Georgia State University, and holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling as well as an Education Specialist Degree with concentration in Adolescent, Child, and Family Development. 

Joy has extensive counseling experience working with families, children, adolescents, and adults, and uses play therapy and other experiential learning techniques when working with groups, teens, and families. She helps people with relationships, parenting, family issues, substance abuse, and eating disorders. Her treatment style includes an eclectic and creative approach, using a balance between psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and solution-focused, depending on the current needs of the client. Her primary interest is a focus on health and wellness by identifying issues which may get in the way of achieving personal goals. These may include anxiety, depression, emotional pain, grief, and loss.  She has a personal interest in helping people who have been hurt by their church.

Joy has four grown sons, whom she gratefully credits with teaching her much of what she has learned about relationships and life.