Joy Linn, M.A., MFC,
​Clinical Director, Santa Cruz ​

Joy Linn has over 15 years of experience as a helping professional and is passionate about supporting people in their healing journeys. She has a holistic approach in recognizing the need for unblocking and healing at all levels -- mind, body and spirit. With the intent to develop an expertise in integrating spiritual healing in the therapeutic process, she obtained her education at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Since graduating in 2015, she has actively sought extensive training in a broad variety of therapeutic models, and she continues to be fascinated with different modalities and mental health issues. She has worked in a variety of mental health settings: partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, in-home wraparound services, RCL-12 and 14 group homes, Transitional Age Youth programs, and private practice. Joy has a history of taking on complex and high risk cases, and she is particularly experienced in working with those who struggle with self-destructive patterns, suicidal ideations, psychotic symptoms and complex developmental trauma. She is especially effective in her work by combining her clinical expertise with genuine caring for her clients. She has a heart for under-served populations, and she has worked extensively with foster youth, the LGBTQA+ community, and victims of oppression and discrimination. Those in recovery from eating disorders are impacted strongly by our modern cultural influences, and Joy has a strong desire to not only directly help those in recovery but also to spread awareness and decrease stigma regarding eating disorders and mental illness. She goes out of her way to make herself available to provide public speaking and psychoeducation at community events. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC# 50656) and is certified to supervise interns. Over the past few years, she has been shifting in her career to focus more time and energy on supporting other clinicians to advance their abilities in providing quality care to their clients.

Joy welcomes opportunities to grow and deepen not just as a professional but also in her personal life. She believes that everyone can benefit from working on their self-improvement and puts this mindset in practice in her daily life. She has found that the more that she shows up in the world as her most authentic self, the more messy but fulfilling life has become for her. She is grateful to have found a home at Lotus where all are encouraged to be their true selves.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyfrimmel/

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