Noel Nightingale Follis
Compassionate, practical counseling for life and relationships
LCPC Illinois
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Noel
Noel Nightingale Follis is an Illinois-licensed counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She also supports clients facing addiction, grief, trauma, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, parenting challenges, and career stress.
Background and approach
Noel uses straightforward conversation and practical strategies to make therapy feel manageable from the first session. Noel follows a client-centered style that prioritizes what each person brings to the room.
She pairs that approach with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot patterns and shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on Gottman Method ideas when partners want to improve communication and connection.
Sessions move at a steady, respectful pace. Noel listens first, then helps set small, realistic goals for change.
She uses mindful exercises and acceptance work to help clients tolerate difficult feelings while building new habits and responses. People can expect a collaborative process where problems are named and steps are practiced between sessions.
Noel encourages short experiments in daily life so progress is concrete and visible. She aims to reduce overwhelm and increase skills for coping with stress and relationship conflict.
Noel holds the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, LCPC, and brings five years of clinical experience. She offers sessions from Illinois in English and uses flexible formats to fit different schedules.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Noel blends the Gottman Method with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in ways that suit online work. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and reducing conflict in relationships through clear interaction skills and shared exercises. It can help partners practice better listening and repair after arguments. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then commit to values-based actions that move life forward.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Noel will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and which methods feel most useful. Together they try approaches and adjust based on what helps most, so therapy fits each person's situation and pace.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist observe body language and run joint exercises for couples work. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is low or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, more frequent check-ins and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day. These options help people maintain continuity and practice new skills between sessions.
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Experience
5+ years
Licensed in
Illinois
Languages
English