Noreen Joyce, LCSW
Licensed in Hawaii · 40 years in practice
Noreen Joyce is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles.
License and registration
- LCSW, Hawaii
- LCSW-3693 · expires June 2028
- NPI
- 1386985315 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
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About Noreen
Noreen Joyce is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She practices from Hawaii and speaks English. Her work also addresses addictions, LGBT concerns, parenting stress, and mood disorders among many other life challenges.
She emphasizes a collaborative style. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps. Noreen listens for what matters most, then helps people set clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
She uses everyday language so parents and busy adults can follow along easily. Her approach blends several methods to match each person’s needs. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are used to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Client-centered work prioritizes the person’s own perspective and pace. She also draws on dialectical strategies and existential ideas when issues about meaning or strong emotions come up. Noreen has experience with trauma-focused methods such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and offers hypnotherapy when appropriate.
Over her career she has supported people through complicated bereavement, chronic illness concerns, family-of-origin problems, and life transitions like divorce or midlife change. Practical matters are discussed up front. She helps people figure out realistic steps between sessions and adapts techniques to fit day-to-day life.
The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and better coping so people can move forward with confidence.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Noreen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- 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
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Noreen uses client-centered therapy to place the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, helping people feel heard and guiding them toward their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, when stronger emotional regulation and coping skills are needed for intense feelings or relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and preferences, then recommend techniques to try. That plan can change over time as progress and needs become clearer, and adjustments are made together.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual cues help the process. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins, brief skill practice, or those who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep consistent sessions while managing busy schedules, travel, or differing time zones.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Noreen help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, addictions, LGBT concerns, parenting stress, bipolar and other mood disorders, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Noreen uses a warm, collaborative approach that focuses on clear goals and practical steps. Sessions are conversational and tailored to the person’s pace and priorities.
What is her professional background?
She has 40 years of experience working in behavioral health with people facing complicated bereavement, serious mental illness, trauma, and family-of-origin problems.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Hawaii and provides services from that state.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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