Joi Dyson

Joi Dyson, MD, LCSW-C is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 19 years of professional experience working with emotional and life transitions. Her practice concentrates on challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, and career-related shifts, and she takes a patient-centered approach to understanding each person’s circumstances. She also addresses concerns around self-esteem and coping with major life changes.

She places emphasis on helping people examine communication barriers, and on supporting work through feelings of isolation, shame, or guilt. Her work often includes attention to workplace stressors, relationship changes including divorce and separation, and midlife questions about purpose and direction. She also lists focus areas that include forgiveness, control issues, social anxiety, and women's issues.

Dyson integrates a range of clinical methods to match clients' goals and preferences, drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Psychodynamic Therapy. Sessions aim to be collaborative and respectful of each individual's journey, with attention to developing practical coping strategies and rebuilding self-regard where desired.