Alice Congdon , LPCC

Alice Congdon is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Minnesota who has worked in the helping profession since 2008 and has eight years of experience as a therapist. She brings a broad range of roles and settings to her clinical work, including experience as a personal care assistant, job coach, direct service professional, mental health practitioner, in-patient therapist, and outpatient therapist. Her training also included internships at a chemical dependency rehabilitation facility focused on minority women and in multiple K-12 schools, and she has provided services in clients' homes, schools, workplaces, and office settings.

Alice has concentrated much of her practice on depression, anxiety, addictions, relationship conflicts, and life transitions, while also working with bipolar disorders, PTSD, ADHD, OCD, hoarding, grief and loss, and spiritual concerns. She blends several therapeutic perspectives, identifying primarily as a cognitive behavioral therapist and a solution-focused brief therapist, and drawing on existential, multicultural, motivational interviewing, family, and other approaches as needed.

Her approach emphasizes understanding the whole person by examining how different life domains affect overall functioning. In session she aims to build insight and connect that insight to daily, weekly, and long-term goals, fostering a sense of hope that motivates change. Alice frames clients as the experts on their own lives and partners with them to set goals and select interventions, offering empathy and a non-judgmental atmosphere. She notes that video and phone sessions are available during evening hours, while messaging and live chat are offered during morning and afternoon sessions and other available times.