Nora O'Connor, LCSW

Licensed in California · 15 years in practice

Nora O'Connor is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience in California.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 27049 · expires March 2026
NPI: 1477957579 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Nora

Nora O'Connor is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience in California. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction recovery, and LGBTQ+ concerns. Nora also supports people working on self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes.

Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with somatic awareness and trauma-focused ideas. Sessions aim to link thoughts, feelings, and body sensations so people can find practical ways to feel better.

Background and approach

Nora uses simple, goal-focused steps so progress is clear and understandable. She brings experience supporting people affected by caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, domestic violence, and grief around guilt and shame. Nora also helps those navigating non-monogamous relationships, living with HIV/AIDS, or dealing with panic and mood struggles.

The approach is tailored to the concern at hand rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. In sessions she mixes short-term problem solving with body-centered techniques when useful. That can mean practicing grounding exercises, testing new thinking patterns, or building small habits between meetings.

Her somatic work is part of how she pays attention to how the body holds stress. Nora aims to create clear next steps each week. People leave sessions with actionable tools to try and a plan to track what helps.

Her goal is to make therapy practical, direct, and connected to daily life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Nora lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
LGBT
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Anger management
Career difficulties
Compassion fatigue
Adoption and foster care
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Domestic violence
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Nora names

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Online support

Practical approaches for online care

Many online sessions use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT often involves setting small, measurable goals and practicing new skills between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address panic attacks.

Somatic Therapy is another approach Nora uses to pay attention to body sensations related to stress and trauma. This work can include breathing, grounding, and movement-based practices that help reduce physical tension and make emotional reactions easier to understand and manage.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide whether CBT, somatic work, or a blend fits best based on goals and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made and new needs arise.

Online formats make this flexibility easier. Video calls are useful for interactive exercises and real-time guidance, while phone sessions can be a good option when video isn’t possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or quick coaching between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and try different ways of working to see what helps most.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Nora focus on?

She helps with stress, anxiety, addiction recovery, LGBTQ+ issues, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, domestic violence, and post-traumatic stress.

What is Nora's therapeutic style like?

She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, somatic work, and trauma-focused approaches in a practical, goal-oriented way. Sessions emphasize clear steps people can try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

Nora has 15 years of clinical experience working in California. That background includes addressing mood disorders, panic, and issues tied to shame and guilt.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in California. The profile uses the credential exactly as provided.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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