Joy Hafner Bailey, EdD, LMFT, LPC, NCC
Dr. Bailey’s private practice is focused in two distinct areas — coaching and clinical supervision. Her emphasis and favorite population is primarily working with and supporting women because she feels she is a good role model. She has been practicing for over thirty years and is still passionate about empowering women and assisting them so they can live successfully and independently even within the parameters of a marriage or partnership.
She teaches them how to gain their fulfillment from themselves and from their own values and passions whether this is through coaching or during psychotherapy. Supervision consists of teaching those who are seeking licensure as a Marriage & Family Therapist and a Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia.
Dr. Bailey is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, a licensed Professional Counselor, and a National Certified Counselor. She has earned her Doctoral and Master’s degrees in Counseling/Psychology from Texas A&M University. Her Bachelor’s degree is in Psychology and English Literature earned from Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
She is a clinical member of many Associations:
- American Psychological Association, APA
- American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, AAMFT
- American Counseling Association, ACA
- Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, LPCA-GA
- Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, GAMFT
Dr. Bailey is also a member of the Georgia Coaches Association (GCA)
She was a member of the Counseling & Psychological Services faculty at Georgia State University, GSU; and the Director of a Counseling & Academic program at GSU for 23 years. This program served developmental, disabled, minority and older students. This program was an internship site for doctoral and master’s level students who were supervised by Dr. Bailey and were seeing clients at various mental health agencies. Dr. Bailey was a Psychological, Gerontological and Special Education consultant and had liaisons with area mental health providers, hospitals and federal, state and community agencies. She administered two projects designating services for student veterans and for clients of Rehabilitation Services. Dr. Bailey wrote and was funded over 3 million dollars in federal education grants. While at Texas A&M University she developed a program for older returning women students. She retired from her University work in 2001 to continue her private practice offered from her home office.
Dr. Bailey is the mother of six daughters and fourteen grandchildren.
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