Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Noel works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Noel
Noel Nightingale Follis is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor with five years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, anger, and life transitions. Noel aims to make the first step easier for anyone thinking about therapy.
Noel focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult feelings. Sessions are practical and conversational. She listens closely and works with each person to set clear goals and small steps forward.
Background and approach
Her approach blends evidence-based techniques like cognitive behavioral strategies with acceptance-focused and mindfulness practices. That mix helps people notice patterns, shift unhelpful thoughts, and try new behaviors. She also uses relational methods when working through intimacy or couple concerns.
Noel has experience supporting people with addictions, grief, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and stress related to caregiving and chronic illness. She also addresses identity and LGBT issues, body image, and difficulties tied to attachment and past abandonment. Therapy with Noel typically involves talking, learning new skills, and practicing them between sessions.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care fit into busy lives. To begin, users fill a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
What Noel works with
Everything Noel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Noel's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Noel lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that reflect their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's perspective, offering empathetic listening and collaboration to build trust and clarify personal goals.Noel treats the choice of method as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then adapt techniques from these approaches to fit the individual's needs. Together they decide what to try first and adjust as progress is made.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options give flexibility to match session style to the practical needs of each person.
Questions people ask about Noel
What concerns does Noel address in therapy?
Noel supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction, ADHD, and related issues listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is conversational and goal-focused. She creates a nonjudgmental space and works with clients on practical skills and small changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Noel has five years of clinical experience and several years of professional practice working with individuals and couples.
Where is Noel licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LCPC in Illinois and provides services from that location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Noel 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 Noel?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.