About Adrienne
Adrienne Norwood is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience helping people facing relationship strain, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, addictions, and identity concerns related to LGBT issues. She welcomes people looking for steady support through big life changes, bipolar mood concerns, coping with compassion fatigue, and challenges with self-esteem or intimacy.
Adrienne uses a whole-person view in sessions. She combines talk therapy with mindfulness and practical skills.
How Adrienne works
Sessions focus on what is happening now and steps a person can try between meetings. Her approach mixes evidence-based methods with a focus on attachment and values. That means she helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, notice how early relationships affect current ones, and clarify what matters most.
Therapy often includes short exercises, goal-setting, and grounding practices to reduce anxiety or reactivity. Adrienne frames therapy as a collaborative process. She listens first, then offers options that match a person’s goals and lifestyle.
Over time the work aims to reduce symptoms and build coping skills that fit everyday life. She is licensed in North Carolina as an LCSW and has practiced for 30 years. Sessions can address specific problems like communication or parenting strain, as well as broader struggles such as meaning, motivation, and recovery from past abuse.
Adrienne lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Adrienne works with
The areas below are the ones Adrienne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Adrienne’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking action that aligns with them. Online ACT work often includes exercises to notice thoughts and commit to small behavior changes that fit daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. In remote sessions CBT can include brief homework, thought records, and step-by-step behavior plans to address anxiety, depression, or mood swings.The therapist treats approach selection as a team effort. She will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels useful. Finding the best fit happens over a few conversations and some trial exercises rather than a single decision.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and body-language cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during busy weeks or life transitions.
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