- Years in practice
- 40
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Noreen
Noreen Joyce is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and parenting challenges. She offers straightforward support for relationship strain, addiction concerns, mood disorders, and questions about identity and intimacy. Sessions are practical and focused on day-to-day coping and clearer choices.
Her style is collaborative and warm. She listens first, then helps people identify small, doable steps toward change.
Background and approach
She draws on different methods to match each person's needs instead of using a single approach for everyone. Noreen uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to each person. She also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
For trauma-related concerns she incorporates EMDR and other approaches when appropriate. She has worked in Hawaii for many years and brings broad experience across complex situations like chronic illness, family-of-origin problems, abandonment, and bereavement. That background informs practical strategies for daily life, not just theory.
Conversations focus on real problems and realistic solutions. Noreen helps people sort priorities, set boundaries, and manage strong emotions. Her aim is to help clients feel more steady, make clearer decisions, and move toward goals they value.
What Noreen works with
Everything Noreen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Noreen helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
Approaches Noreen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It starts by following the client's priorities and building from there to set achievable goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical ways to change them, which helps with anxiety, depression, and stress management. EMDR is used for trauma-related memories and aims to reduce the intensity of those memories through guided processing.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and then choose or combine methods in collaboration. That lets the plan shift if something feels less helpful as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when video is difficult, and messaging or live chat can work for brief check-ins or when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to keep continuity of care across distances.
Questions people ask about Noreen
What concerns does Noreen commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, parenting issues, and mood disorders among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
Her style is collaborative and warm, focusing on listening first and then creating a plan together. She blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral methods and other approaches to fit each person's needs.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has four decades of clinical experience working with complex mental health and life challenges, including bereavement, serious mental illness, and family-of-origin issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, licensed in Hawaii, and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What formats are used for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed or priced?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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