Today we’d like to introduce you to Kelley Brown.
Hi Kelley, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
Passion, Pain, and Purpose catapulted me to where I am today. My name is Kelley Brown, and I am a proud native of Chicago, IL, a wife, mother, nana, published author, worshipping warrior, licensed professional counselor (LPC), consultant, educator, and the Director and CEO of The Joy Counseling and Consultant Services, LLC located in Fayetteville, GA.
It all started with a simple dance eight count, 5,6,7,8. Dance is Kelley’s passion, and serving others is her joy. In 2010, Kelley realized that she was living a life without the true joy of the Lord. She experienced depression, hopelessness, and despair, all while dancing and serving a victorious God. In 2011, Kelley birthed Joy in Motion, a transformational deliverance ministry to empower and equip dancers to take authority and champion over self-defeating thoughts and behaviors, and, ultimately over life challenges.
In March 2024, Kelley opened the doors to The Joy Center, LLC., a safe place to be inspired, a safe place to be empowered, and a safe place to be transformed.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Smooth roads did not exist in Kelley’s journey. Relocating from Chicago at an early age, married, and having 2 children before the age of 25 was not a walk in the park. Kelley was divorced after 7 year of marriage. Kelley was faced with raising two small children at the age of 25 and finding her way in the ATL without any family.
Kelley was not able to finish her education until later in life due to many obstacles and challenges with being a single parent, career changes, financial struggles, and many failed unhealthy relationships.
Thanks – so, what else should our readers know about The Joy Center, LLC?
The Joy Center, LLC is a counseling and consultant impact center that provides virtual and in-person service delivery to people of all ages and cultures.
The mission of the Joy Center is to impact the community by cultivating a wholistic clinical approach. Providing psychoeducation and resources on mental health, financial literacy, and tutoring to individuals, families, churches, and social organizations to restore the building blocks of healing, hope, and restoration back into the community.
Kelley Brown is the Director of The Joy Center. Kelley’s therapeutic approach takes on many shapes and sizes in order to provide the best services to her clients. Kelley specializes in trauma, anger and stress management, faith, family conflict, couples, grief, depression, anxiety, co-parenting, divorce, and many more…
Kelley’s authentic self, heart to serve the whole person, and passion to walk alongside an individual from start to finish while encouraging joy and speaking joy according to Nehemiah 8:10, “The joy of the Lord is my strength.” has and will always cause Kelley to triumph and set her services apart.
Kelley is most proud of her brand – “JOY.” Joy has been the silver lining of her brand from conception. Joy in Motion, I Choose Joy, Joy is Contagious and now The JOY Center.
Kelley likes to utilize a simple quote to sum up what she want readers to know about her brand. That quote is:
“Joy does not simply happen to us; we have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” – Henri J.M. Nouwen
Readers can find more detailed information about Kelley and her services at www.joynmotion.org.
Risk-taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Risk is all a part of the journey. Kelley took risk to go back to school as a single mother. Kelley took a risk to remarry and now has been married for 24 wonderful years. Kelley took a risk of faith and opened the doors of a counseling consultant center.
Kelley believes that without risk, there is no opportunity for obtaining a favorable outcome. Kelley sees risk as part of the process to obtain the necessary goal. Kelley’s perspective is 3-fold when it comes to risk/outcome/change,
1. You must make a choice/choose to be uncomfortable for a season…that is risk.
2. You must take a risk/chance on the desired outcome…
3. You must embrace the risk factors to obtain the desired change.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.joynmotion.org
- Instagram: joyinmotion
Image Credits
Ebony Hayes
Tyrus Riley
Claude & Jasmine Curry
