Alice Nelson, LPC
Compassionate narrative therapy for clearer thinking
Details
| Name | Alice Nelson |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Alice
Alice Nelson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who uses Narrative therapy as a central part of her work. She emphasizes listening to each person’s story and helping them find new meanings in difficult moments. Her style aims to be straightforward and supportive for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes.
Alice combines narrative ideas with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns, practice small behavioral changes, and use mindful awareness to reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on achievable steps and clearer thinking rather than long lectures. <brHer practice includes concerns such as depression, bipolar symptoms, addictions, anger, grief, and issues around self-esteem and body image. She also works with people affected by trauma and abuse, ADHD, and a range of relationship and communication problems.
The goal is to help people regain a sense of control and choice in everyday life. Alice has seven years of experience as a clinician in Texas. She describes her role as collaborative: she listens first and then offers tools that fit each person’s goals and pace.
She supports LGBT individuals and addresses identity-related challenges with care and respect. Therapy sessions are offered in multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder among the things Alice works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based 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.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Alice among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: 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 narrative and skills-based work translates online
The therapist uses Narrative therapy to help people reframe difficult stories and see different possibilities. Narrative work focuses on separating a person from their problems so they can name issues and try new actions in daily life.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift thoughts that lead to difficult feelings. Attachment work helps with recurring trust and connection concerns, while CBT is useful for anxiety, mood shifts, and changing unhelpful behaviors.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist listens to each person’s goals and tries methods that fit their needs and pace. Together they adjust methods over time based on what helps most, blending narrative reflection with concrete skills when that proves useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to offer flexibility. Video suits fuller conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text work well for quick check-ins or shorter homework-focused interactions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or caregiving commitments.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist help with?
This therapist works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, addictions, grief, anger, and self-esteem issues. Additional focus areas include ADHD, trauma and abuse, body image, and communication problems.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach centers on Narrative therapy with practical elements from CBT and mindfulness. Sessions emphasize listening to a person’s story while trying small, concrete changes to thoughts and behaviors.
What is the therapist’s background and experience?
The clinician has seven years of experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns. She aims to combine empathic listening with evidence-informed strategies.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and payment handled?
Pricing varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Contacting this therapist
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