Therapist profile
Noreen Loftus-Spilman, LISW
Ohio
Ohio LISW - Anxiety and Codependency support
Continue with NoreenWhere Noreen stands
- Credentials
- LISW
- License
- LISW, Ohio / I.1302831-SUPV
- NPI
- 1598110413
- Experience
- 13 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Ohio
About
- Client-centered methods
- Mindfulness practice
- Motivational interviewing
About Noreen
Noreen Loftus-Spilman is an Ohio licensed social worker, LISW, with 13 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related concerns and codependency among other issues.
Noreen uses straightforward conversation to clarify what matters most to each person. She centers the client's experience and listens for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on practical steps someone can try between meetings as well as what comes up in the room.
Her background includes helping people cope with life changes, caregiving strain, and situations involving loss or separation. She also supports those dealing with eating concerns, bipolar mood patterns, and work-related stress. Noreen pays attention to both emotional and bodily reactions when trauma or overwhelming stress are part of the picture.
In practice she draws on client-centered methods and mindfulness. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques appear when someone wants concrete short-term goals. Somatic approaches are used when body-based sensations are getting in the way of daily functioning.
She asks about each person’s priorities and adjusts the focus as goals shift. The first steps are a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session, which lets her and the client decide how to move forward together.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. Online sessions use that same plain conversation to identify goals and priorities and keep the work focused on the client's concerns.Mindfulness therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without judgment. Online meetings can include short guided practices and coaching on how to use mindfulness during stressful moments. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change by asking questions and highlighting strengths; it fits well with remote check-ins and brief goal-setting conversations.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. She will help figure out what methods suit a person's goals and preferences and adjust the plan as progress or challenges appear. That decision is made together during early sessions.
The therapist's biography does not specify which session formats she uses, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, shorten follow-up check-ins, and allow practices like mindfulness to be tried between meetings. Those practical benefits can help therapy become part of everyday life without promising any particular outcome.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and codependency among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach that centers the person's experience and combines mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused ideas, and somatic work as appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional work experience as an Ohio licensed social worker (LISW).
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is licensed in Ohio as an LISW and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available with her?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.