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, addictions, and concerns related to identity and self-esteem. Nora uses clear, practical steps so people can feel steadier and more capable in daily life.
Nora draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and somatic work to help clients notice how thoughts, feelings, and body sensations connect. She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused tools to build coping skills and address immediate life challenges.
How Nora works
Sessions are paced to match what each person needs in the moment. People come to Nora for help with career changes, compassion fatigue, coping with life transitions, and anger management. She also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and recovery from domestic violence.
Other areas she addresses include money stress, loneliness, mood concerns, panic, and post-traumatic stress. Nora has a particular focus on LGBT issues, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, HIV/AIDS, and questions of forgiveness, guilt, and self-love. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and build practical skills that fit a busy life.
Conversations in sessions are straightforward and grounded. Nora blends talk-based strategies with attention to the body so clients can practice new responses outside sessions. She helps people set clear goals and track small steps toward them.
Nora lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Nora works with
The areas below are the ones Nora selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- 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 esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Combining CBT and Somatic Tools for Online Care
Mindfulness Therapy helps people bring gentle attention to the present moment, calm racing thoughts, and reduce reactivity. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and building steady coping habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood; it teaches practical skill-building to change unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms like panic and low mood. Somatic Therapy focuses on body sensations and movement to release tension and notice how stress shows up physically, which can be helpful for trauma responses and chronic anxiety.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Nora collaborates with each person to identify goals and then experiments with CBT tools, mindfulness practices, and somatic exercises to see what fits best. The plan is reviewed and adjusted as needs and circumstances change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and practice skills together, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can help with quick coping reminders or brief check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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