Dr. Alice Noell, LCSW
Experienced therapist helping people rewrite life stories
Details
| Name | Dr. Alice Noell |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Licensed in | North Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 35 |
About Alice
Dr. Alice Noell is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience in North Carolina. She helps people untangle stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and difficult relationships.
Her work is straightforward and focused on practical steps people can try between sessions. She uses Narrative approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based ideas to look at the stories people tell about themselves. Sessions aim to identify patterns that cause pain and to find new ways to act that fit a person’s values.
Background and approach
Dr. Noell also draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools when those fit the client’s goals. People come to her for many issues, including grief, intimacy-related concerns, addiction, anger, self-esteem, and coping with big life changes.
She has additional experience with adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, caregiver stress, and dissociation. Her long practice means she has seen a wide range of life situations and emotional responses. Her style is calm and direct.
She listens for the problem in everyday language and helps name it. Then she and the client work together to try different ways of responding and to build better habits for dealing with stress. Work with Dr.
Noell typically focuses on clear, manageable goals. People leave sessions with concrete tools and a plan for the next steps. Her practice supports both short-term problem work and longer-term changes in how people relate to themselves and others.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship issues among the things Alice works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Alice directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Alice directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Noell uses Narrative methods to help people examine the stories they tell about themselves and to try alternative narratives that reduce distress. This can help with relationship patterns, self-esteem, grief, and recovery from trauma by making unhelpful narratives visible and changeable.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and to take actions that align with those values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions by focusing on small, value-driven steps. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and to practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will review options with each person and tailor strategies to fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That matching happens collaboratively and can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is good for brief check-ins or when people want written notes of what they and the therapist discussed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to try different formats as needs change.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, grief, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her work is collaborative and practical. She listens for the patterns in a person's story and then suggests steps and exercises to try between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has 35 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - licensed in North Carolina.
Can sessions be held in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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