Alice Congdon , LPCC

Alice Congdon is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota who brings a broad background working across homes, schools, workplaces, and office settings. Her training and early roles included work as a personal care assistant, job coach, direct service professional, and mental health practitioner, and she has experience both as an in-patient and outpatient therapist. She completed internships in a chemical dependency rehabilitation facility that focused on minority women and in multiple K-12 schools, experiences that have shaped her practical, person-centered approach to care.

Alice most often works with depression, anxiety, addictions, relationship conflicts, and life transitions, and she also has experience addressing bipolar disorders, PTSD, ADHD, OCD, hoarding, grief and loss, and spiritual concerns. She draws primarily from cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies, while integrating existential, multicultural, motivational interviewing, family, and other therapies as needed to meet each person where they are.

In session she emphasizes developing insight and translating that awareness into daily, weekly, and long-term goals, with an aim of fostering hope and motivation. Alice treats the individual as the expert on their own life and partners with people to choose goals and interventions that fit their circumstances, offering empathy, a non-judgmental stance, and practical support. She provides services in English and offers video and phone sessions in the evenings, with messaging and live chat available during morning and afternoon hours.

Approaches that guide online sessions and what to expect

Alice commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a structured approach that helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills to manage mood, anxiety, and everyday challenges. She also draws on motivational interviewing to support people who are ambivalent about change - this approach focuses on exploring values and strengthening motivation to move toward chosen goals. Existential therapy is incorporated when people are wrestling with meaning, identity, or big life questions; it invites reflection on values, freedom, and responsibility to help clarify direction.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the therapeutic process. Alice collaborates with each person to determine which approaches best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which increase flexibility for scheduling and allow work to continue from different locations. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice skills between sessions while staying connected with a licensed professional.