Nora McNally, LMHC
Compassionate, narrative-informed mental health counseling
Details
| Name | Nora McNally |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMHC |
| Based in | New York |
| Licensed in | New York |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 15 |
About Nora
Nora McNally is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges. She works with people facing grief, major life changes, parenting strain, intimacy issues, and mood disorders such as bipolar. Nora focuses on practical steps that help people feel steadier day to day.
She centers therapy on a trusting relationship. That makes it easier to look at a person’s life as a story they tell.
Background and approach
Nora listens for patterns, meanings, and moments that matter so clients can choose which parts of that story to keep and which to rewrite. Nora uses Narrative approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based work. She also draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools to address thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Sessions tend to be conversational and focused on skills people can try between meetings. Her style is warm and straightforward. She aims to make therapy feel collaborative rather than prescriptive.
Nora helps people set doable goals and checks progress over time so work in sessions connects to real life. Based in New York, Nora offers several online session formats to fit different schedules. She supports people coping with abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image concerns, career stress, communication problems, and recovery from abuse.
Her approach is to meet each person where they are and work from there.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse among the things Nora works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Nora among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Nora 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 Nora directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and ACT inform online care
Nora often combines Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people untangle painful stories and find workable values-based steps. Narrative Therapy helps clients reframe life events as stories they can revise, which can reduce the hold of past hurts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then taking actions that match what matters most.She approaches this work collaboratively and adjusts methods to fit each person’s goals and preferences. Early sessions are aimed at understanding what matters to the client and trying a few approaches to see what fits. The therapist and client decide together which techniques to keep using and which to change as progress is reviewed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit a tight schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in quickly, share short reflections, or try brief exercises between longer sessions. These options make it possible to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, caregiving, or health needs.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Nora help with?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, mood disorders including bipolar, and life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Nora works in a warm, collaborative way that treats a person’s life as a story. Sessions are conversational, focused on goals, and often include practical skills to try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with adults on trauma, mood concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, NY LMHC, and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and getting started handled?
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