Joy Bracey, Ed.D., LPC, NCC attained her Doctor of Education in Executive Leadership at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, Louisiana and her Master of Education in Counseling at the University of New Orleans. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, and an adjunct professor at Teacher’s College- Columbia University, teaching self-awareness to master’s degree students.

Dr. Joy allowed her calling to help others to shape her career, providing mental health services and addiction treatment for New Orleans’ most vulnerable communities. For the past 12 years, she has served as the President & CEO of a non-profit addiction treatment & mental health agency while serving in leadership roles on numerous local and national boards, coalitions, and advisory councils.

Dr. Joy uses her background and education to teach self-love, inner critic healing, inner child healing, emotional skills, mindfulness, and self-awareness online, in workshops and retreats, and through public speaking engagements. She provides coaching and counseling to individuals to help them along on their journey of discovering who they are, so they can fully embrace self-compassion and experience inner peace. She is the host of the podcast, “The Easy Weigh Out with Dr. Joy Bracey”, which is a deep dive into the emotional underpinnings of living in an obese body, losing a tremendous amount of weight, and healing from emotional eating.