Noel Nightingale Follis, LCPC

Noel Nightingale Follis is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and issues around intimacy. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, career stress, and questions around self-esteem and identity. Noel works with individuals and couples and welcomes conversations about complex life changes like parenting, caregiving, or a bipolar diagnosis.

Noel aims to make the therapy room feel open and nonjudgmental. She listens for what matters most and helps clients name goals that feel realistic. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as noticing patterns that get in the way of change.

Her approach draws on several methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and move toward them, and client-centered listening to follow what the person most needs. She also uses mindfulness practices and relationship-focused work when couples or partnership dynamics are part of the concern.

With five years of clinical experience, Noel has worked across a range of presenting issues and strives to adapt tools to each person’s life. She believes small, consistent changes can add up over time and focuses on what a client can realistically do between sessions.

People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation, practical exercises, and a collaborative plan. Noel encourages anyone considering therapy to take the next step and begin with a short matching process to find the right fit.

How Noel's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while accepting uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to change patterns of mood and behavior; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleeping or eating concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's own experience and priorities, with the therapist following the client's lead and offering empathic reflection to help people make sense of their situation.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Noel collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adjusts exercises and pacing based on feedback so the plan feels manageable and relevant.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy schedule easier, for example by reducing travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a work break. It also lets people try mindfulness practices, behavioral experiments, or relationship skills in real-life settings and then bring observations back to the session for discussion.