Alice Congdon , LPCC

Alice Congdon is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota. She brings 13 years in the helping professions to her work and focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship struggles, and life changes. She aims to create hope and clear goals so people can move forward. Her background includes direct care roles and clinical work in many settings. Alice has worked in clients' homes, schools, workplaces, inpatient units, and outpatient clinics. She has experience as a personal care assistant, job coach, direct service professional, mental health practitioner, and both inpatient and outpatient therapist. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing alongside existential and mindfulness approaches. Sessions focus on small, actionable steps tied to weekly and long-term goals. Alice works with each person to connect insight from sessions to everyday routines. When relevant, she draws on experience with addictions, bipolar disorder, PTSD, ADHD, grief and loss, and spiritual concerns. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and eating or substance-related issues. Alice describes therapy as a forward-focused process that still learns from the past. She invites collaboration: the client sets goals and she offers guidance, structure, and a nonjudgmental atmosphere to reach them.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Alice frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking that change behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems where changing patterns can make life easier. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication for people who struggle with intense feelings. Mindfulness therapy appears in her work as a way to steady attention, reduce reactivity, and increase presence in daily life.

Choosing the best approach is a joint effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps. This collaborative process means techniques are matched to needs, not applied the same way for everyone.

The biography specifies evening video and phone sessions and morning/afternoon messaging and live chat windows, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or caregiving routines, allow shorter check-ins when helpful, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use these formats to practice skills, set weekly goals, and support progress in day-to-day life without promising specific results.