Joy Chester, LCPC, Therapist in Timonium, Maryland

Joy Chester, LCPC, helps children, teens, and adults develop practical strategies to manage emotional challenges, strengthen relationships, and move forward with confidence. As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with LifeStance Health, she provides compassionate, evidence-based care for patients across Maryland. Joy works with individuals navigating concerns such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD, offering a supportive environment where patients feel heard, respected, and empowered to make meaningful changes in their lives. Joy is especially passionate about supporting individuals who have been recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital. She understands that the transition back into daily life can feel overwhelming and uncertain. Her approach focuses on stabilization, rebuilding coping skills, and helping patients regain a sense of safety and structure. By collaborating closely with patients and their families, she helps create practical plans that support continued recovery, emotional regulation, and long-term wellness. In therapy, Joy integrates evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, and family therapy to help patients understand patterns in thoughts, emotions, and behavior. She provides both individual therapy and family therapy, working with children, adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors. Joy also has experience supporting members of the LGBTQ+ community, first responders, and military service members and veterans, and she offers care for additional mental health concerns when needed. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys hiking, reading, relaxing with her cats, amateur landscaping in her yard, and taking occasional getaways with her family and friends.