Meet Joi

Joi McCreary is a dynamic force of resilience, creativity, and compassion, dedicated to empowering others and fostering growth in both personal and professional spaces.

As a pre-licensed Couples, Marriage and Family Therapist, Joi provides therapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups through integrative evidence-based practices with a culturally grounded, relational approach that honors lived experience, joy, and connection. As a Certified Community Health Worker, she is deeply committed to capacity building and bridging gaps in care and advancing health equity in underserved communities. Joi is also an executive leader, and systems strategist dedicated to advancing joy, healing, and transformative growth at both individual and systemic levels. She is the Founder and CEO of JoiOlogy 5155 Center of Joy and Transformative Growth and the Founder, Executive Director, and Board Chair of A Heart’s Key Communal Care Alliance.

Through JoiOlogy 5155 Center of Joy and Transformative Growth, Joi develops self-paced courses, resources, and learning experiences that center joy as a practice and pathway to transformation. As an Instructional Designer, Facilitator, and Certified Life Coach, she creates accessible tools that support personal growth, leadership development, and sustainable change.

At A Heart’s Key Communal Care Alliance, she leads initiatives that strengthen community wellness, collective care, and supportive ecosystems for historically marginalized populations. Joi also partners with organizations to design equitable systems, build workforce capacity, and develop sustainable infrastructures that align mission with impact.

With over a decade of experience and background spanning mental health, marriage and family therapy, organizational development, higher education, behavioral health operations, and community-based services. Joi is recognized for designing and leading trauma-informed, culturally responsive systems that improve access, equity, and outcomes bringing a multidimensional lens to everything she creates. Her leadership has included senior leadership in acute behavioral health and higher education settings, overseeing compliance and operational strategy, and leading large-scale system transformations.
Her work sits at the intersection of mental health, education, and organizational development—grounded in the belief that joy is essential, not optional, in the pursuit of healing, liberation, and collective thriving. Joi’s work centers Black, Brown, Queer, and marginalized communities while remaining expansive and accessible to all who seek healing, growth, and transformation bringing a multidimensional lens to everything she creates.

Joi’s life is also deeply grounded in love and connection. Beyond her professional achievements, she is deeply inspired by the love and support of her family, which fuels her ability to pour compassion and care into her clients, colleagues, and community. A proud wife of over 20 years and mother to two remarkable adult children, Joi attributes much of her strength to the unwavering support of her family. Her village of loved ones has been a constant source of inspiration, enabling her to maintain a functional work-life balance and pour love into her clients, colleagues, and community. Joi’s journey is a celebration of individuality, authenticity, and joy—an ongoing testament to the beauty of thriving while empowering others to do the same. Joi’s commitment to intentionality, healing, and joy serves as a guiding light for all those she partners with on their journey toward growth and discovery.