About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR and hypnotherapy
About Noreen
Noreen Joyce is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Hawaii with 40 years of practice. She helps adults who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, addiction concerns, parenting strain, trauma, and other mood or life-change challenges.
She approaches work with people in a collaborative way. She listens to what is happening at home and at work, then builds a plan with concrete steps to try. Her methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, existential conversation, EMDR, and hypnotherapy when appropriate.
Sessions often focus on real-life problems such as family of origin dynamics, coping with loss, managing mood swings, or handling chronic illness and caregiving stress. She also addresses issues like abandonment, codependency, commitment concerns, and the effects of adoption or foster care backgrounds.
Over four decades she has worked with people managing complicated bereavement and serious mental health challenges. That background informs a steady, practice-oriented style that aims to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.
People can expect a blend of talking, practical skill-building, and targeted interventions such as EMDR or hypnotic techniques when they fit the plan. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment through the site.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's perspective and building on their strengths through open conversation and reflective listening. It helps when someone needs to make sense of relationship patterns or family dynamics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured approach for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional intensity; it is often used for trauma and abuse related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit. That collaborative process can include talk-based work, skill practice, or targeted interventions like EMDR when appropriate.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins around work breaks, or offering sessions when being on camera is not needed. Licensed professionals can adapt the chosen therapeutic methods to work well in remote sessions and help people apply what they learn to home and family situations.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Hawaii
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and parenting problems does she address?
She helps adults with family of origin issues, parenting strain, family problems, relationship conflict, and separation or divorce concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works collaboratively and uses a mix of talk therapy, skills practice, and targeted interventions from several approaches.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience working with grief, trauma, serious mental illness, and mood disorders.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LCSW license in the state of Hawaii and practices from that jurisdiction.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to people outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule an initial appointment through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.