About Noreen
Noreen Keilty is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of professional experience in Minnesota. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and navigate hard life moments. She aims to make the first step toward change feel less overwhelming.
Her work often addresses relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and episodes of depression. She also supports people dealing with addictions, grief, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Noreen listens for what matters most to each person and helps them set clear, achievable goals. In sessions she creates an open and nonjudgmental space for sharing thoughts and feelings. Conversations are straightforward and focused on real-life coping strategies.
She helps people break problems into manageable steps and practice new ways of handling stress. People who come to her can expect steady, practical support rather than quick fixes. Noreen draws on decades of experience to tailor her approach to each person’s needs.
She works with clients at a pace that feels right for them. Her Minnesota licensure is listed as LICSW, which indicates a background in social work practice. Sessions are offered in English and are available through multiple remote formats to fit different schedules and needs.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Many of the evidence-based techniques Noreen relies on focus on building coping skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches specific strategies for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing techniques, step-by-step problem solving, and behavioral experiments that test new ways of responding. These methods are practical and aimed at daily life challenges.Another frequently used approach focuses on processing difficult memories and current emotions related to trauma and abuse. This involves talking through frightening or painful experiences at a pace the person finds manageable, learning to notice how those memories affect thinking and behavior, and practicing ways to feel steadier in the moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will look at symptoms, goals, and personal preferences to decide what to try first. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video can support face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messages are useful for brief check-ins, reflection between sessions, or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to schedule care around daily life and keep continuity when travel or weather would otherwise interrupt sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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