Joya DCruz
MA, LMFT
Training and Coaching
Police Department Training Coordinators and Law Enforcement Agencies seek training programs that are not generic but respond to the particular issues of their officers. They want to reduce inappropriate reactivity in police officers, and related complaints, while improving community safety and trust.
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Through my experiential training, The Trigger Resolution Blueprint, I help Law Enforcement teams develop mastery over their emotional responses and automatic reactivity.
Participants learn practical, body-based skills that help them stay present under pressure, make clearer decisions in volatile situations, protect their own safety and the safety of others, and build stronger relationships — while cultivating long-term resilience throughout their careers.
Focusing Guidance
I offer Focusing Guidance for people familiar with Focusing (Founder: Dr. Eugene Gendlin) or for those who want to learn Focusing to deal with their life issues.
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In our initial consultation, I’ll assess the possibility of us working together effectively. I may encourage or teach self reflective or somatic regulatory exercises to support our work.
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​My deep desire is to help build a compassionate, joyful, and authentic community where people feel safe, accepted and comfortable to be themselves. ​​​​​
Meet Joya
Practicing Psychotherapy for over 24 years in community mental health, I frequently worked alongside Police Officers supporting individuals in crisis. Through training work in Correctional Facilities I witnessed firsthand the cumulative impact of trauma, chronic stress, and operational pressure on both officers and the communities they serve.
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Through years of trauma-focused clinical work, advanced training, and personal healing, I came to understand how nervous system conditioning and unresolved stress can shape perception, decision-making, and reactivity — especially under pressure.
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Today, I'm delivering experiential training program and coaching Law Enforcement, Corrections, and other high-stress professional teams in self-awareness, emotional regulation, nervous system mastery, and resilience. My goal is to help officers stay grounded, think clearly under pressure, respond rather than react, and sustain both operational effectiveness and personal wellbeing throughout their careers.
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I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Michigan and a Certified Focusing Oriented Therapist (International Focusing Institute), with Masters degrees in Social Psychology (University of Mumbai, India) and Counseling (Loyola University, Chicago).
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I trained in the Treatment of Trauma Level I (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute) and in The Gottman method of Couples Therapy (The Gottman Institute). I am Certified in Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy for Complex Trauma (Justice Institute of British Columbia), as well as Indigenous Tools for Living with Shirley Turcotte and her team.
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I'm grateful for the work I do with the people who come my way; strong enough to be vulnerable, and open to doing their inner work. Each day is an adventure, and each day we move closer to creating a world that is more aware, more understanding and more compassionate.
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I honor my ancestors, in India, who feel present to me in the core of my being. I’m also grateful to the ancestors of this land whose wisdom and love lies in its very soil, and whose efforts and struggles have paved the way for me to make this country my home.