Laura Noel, LCSW
Compassionate LCSW helping rewrite unhelpful stories
Details
| Name | Laura Noel |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Licensed in | North Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Laura
Laura Noel is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who helps people facing depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationship concerns, trauma, and stress. She listens with curiosity and respect and focuses on small, practical steps people can use between sessions. Her work centers on understanding how personal stories shape feelings and choices.
She uses Narrative ideas to help people rewrite unhelpful life stories and find new options. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to address how values, connection, and patterns influence daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Laura offers straightforward tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when people want clear strategies for mood, anxiety, or attention challenges. She also pays attention to how past relationships affect current struggles, especially around abandonment, attachment, and family of origin problems.
She has seven years of clinical experience and works with concerns such as grief, body image and eating issues, codependency, communication problems, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. Laura describes therapy as a place to try new ways of relating and to practice different choices. Her approach balances practical skill-building with room to tell and reshape your story.
People leave with clearer next steps and a better sense of what matters to them as they move forward.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem among the things Laura works with, alongside the areas below.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- 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 Laura among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Laura 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 Laura directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Acceptance-based Work Translate Online
Laura blends Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based ideas to help online clients. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and looks for moments that contradict a limiting story so new meanings can emerge. ACT helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values instead of getting stuck in avoidance. Attachment-Based approaches pay attention to how past relationships shape current expectations and patterns, which can clarify recurring conflicts and emotional triggers.Choosing an approach is a shared process. Laura uses early sessions to learn about goals, strengths, and what feels most useful, then recommends methods to try together. If a technique doesn’t fit, she adjusts the plan so work stays relevant and doable for each person.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while still doing meaningful clinical work.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does Laura commonly help with?
She works with depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, eating and body image issues, and stress related to caregiving and parenting.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are collaborative and straightforward, combining story work with practical coping skills and values-focused exercises to create small, usable changes.
What is her experience and clinical background?
She has seven years of clinical experience and practices as a licensed clinical social worker, bringing skills that blend narrative thinking with cognitive and acceptance-based tools.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is located in North Carolina and holds an LCSW license from that state.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for working together?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and the subscription model used; sessions are part of a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy match?
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