Brian Stran-Joy

Brian Stran-Joy, PhD, is a counseling psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School. He provides integrated behavioral health services at Hahnemann Family Health Center, an urban family medicine residency practice in Worcester, MA, where his work spans direct patient care, clinical supervision, and faculty teaching within UMass Family Medicine Residency.

Dr. Stran-Joy's clinical interests include evidence-based practice in primary care settings, lifespan development, and geriatric behavioral health. He supervises doctoral-level psychology practica and serves as a site supervisor for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Fellowship, with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary training and workforce development in integrated care.

He earned his doctorate in counseling psychology from Western Michigan University and his master's in clinical psychology from Washburn University. He completed his predoctoral internship at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship in primary care behavioral health with Swedish Medical Group.