Hey there! I'm Laurie Joy, an Emotional & Behavioural Regulation and Resilience Coach, EQ Consultant, with a Professional Counselling Diploma, based in Vancouver, BC. I work with children, teens, adults, and families both in person and virtually, supporting clients across Canada and around the world.

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For more than 20 years, I've had the privilege of working alongside children, youth, and families across the globe. My work is grounded in emotional intelligence, brain, body, nervous system, and developmental science, and one simple belief: people don't need to be fixed. They need to be understood, supported in understanding themselves, and guided by emotionally sturdy adults who are also willing to unlearn the perspectives, reactions, and patterns that no longer serve them or the children in their lives.

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I help families understand what's happening beneath behaviour because behaviour is communication. Together, we become curious about what the brain, body, and nervous system are telling us, identify the needs underneath, and build the emotional regulation, resilience, and practical skills needed to respond with greater confidence, connection, and intention.

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My education includes Early Childhood Development and a Professional Counselling Diploma. I've worked as an educator in Montessori and traditional school settings, supported youth in group homes with complex behavioural and emotional needs, trained as an IMTI Autism informed Play Therapy practitioner, and shared my approach through TEDx, international conferences, and parent and educator workshops.

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But Joy in the Home didn't begin with a business plan. It began in the classroom.

I often found myself staying after school with parents who were feeling overwhelmed. They wanted to understand why something seemed to work at school but felt impossible at home. They were curious about how I connected with their children, what I was doing differently, and how they could bring those same approaches into everyday family life.

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Those conversations revealed a real gap. Families weren't simply looking for answers. They wanted practical guidance to better understand their child, themselves, and how to confidently navigate everyday challenges. That realization became the foundation of Joy in the Home.

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As far back as I can remember, I've always felt a deep connection with children. Looking back now, I can see how much of that came from my own experience of being one.

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I was that emotionally intense kid. Deeply expressive, deeply feeling, fiercely independent, and often misunderstood. As I grew older, I realized how much unlearning I had to do around emotional dysregulation, control, and the belief that being the adult meant having all the answers. That journey transformed not only my own relationships but the way I support families every day.

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What continues to drive me is a deep curiosity about the human experience. I'm fascinated by how our brains, bodies, and nervous systems shape the way we think, feel, connect, and move through the world, and how understanding that changes the way we see ourselves, each other, and the world around us.

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That curiosity has turned learning into a lifelong pursuit. I continue to study, attend trainings, and stay current with emerging research because our understanding of human development is always evolving, and I believe my work should evolve alongside it. The more we learn about ourselves as human beings, the more thoughtfully and effectively I can support the families I have the privilege of working with.

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In working with families, I believe in meeting people where they're at, but not staying there. Resilience isn't built by avoiding discomfort. It's built by moving through it with the support of calm, connected relationships. My role isn't to help families become perfect. It's to help them become more aware, more intentional, and more connected.

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You'll probably find me sitting on the floor playing with your child, building Lego, painting, or out shooting hoops or having a hang with a teen long before you'll find me sitting across from them asking a list of questions whenever possible. I believe relationships come first. Laughter belongs in hard conversations, movement often helps us express what words can't, and some of the most meaningful breakthroughs happen when people feel safe enough to simply be themselves.

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Whether I'm working one on one with a child, supporting parents, or bringing everyone together, I bring warmth, honesty, structure, humour, and curiosity to every session. Meaningful change doesn't happen through judgment. It happens through relationship.

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If you're ready to better understand your child, strengthen your parenting, or build emotional skills within your family, I'd be honoured to walk alongside you.

Because when we better understand ourselves, we show up differently for the people we love most.

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Warmly,

Laurie Joy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joy in the Home provides coaching, behavioural consultation, and counselling informed support. While Laurie holds a Professional Counselling Diploma, her practice is not a clinical counselling practice and does not provide diagnosis or clinical mental health treatment. When appropriate, Laurie works collaboratively with and refers to Registered Clinical Counsellors, psychologists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.