Therapy in New Orleans

In-Person Therapy in New Orleans. Virtual Counseling Throughout Louisiana.

New Orleans is a “front porch” town. Everyone says hello, takes their time, and chats. But it’s also not a big place. It doesn’t take long before that one person you meet knows that other person who knows you.

So while it’s friendly and cheerful, you feel the pressure to hide. On the outside, you are put together, successful, smiling, perfect. But on the inside? You feel small, scared, unworthy. You wonder when it will all catch up to you, when all the kind waves and smiles will eventually fade because the people around you will know: you’re not really that perfect.

Therapy with Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy May Be the Solution You’ve Been Looking For

You are looking for exceptional mental health care that works for you and fits your needs, while also protecting your privacy. At Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy in New Orleans, we understand. Alice Zic, a highly skilled and compassionate trauma and teen therapist provides in-person therapy in Mid-City New Orleans and online counseling throughout Louisiana. Focusing in childhood trauma, teen anxiety, and parentification trauma, Alice works with you to provide highly specialized mental health care services that work for your needs and lifestyle.

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Benefits of In-Person Therapy in New Orleans

Sometimes, coming into an office space is exactly what your body and mind need to begin the healing process. You want high-quality therapy, while also being able to physically go to a separate space, where what you have to process can be contained and safely grounded. If you are located in Orleans Parish or near Jefferson Parish or Orleans Parish, coming to anchor yourself and heal at Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy has never been simpler. Our office is located in Mid-City New Orleans, right off the exit from I-10—a central location in the Crescent City and easy to get to for your counseling sessions.

In-Person Therapy in New Orleans Works for You if:

  • You prefer and/or feel safer meeting for therapy in a neutral space

  • You like the structure and routine that physically meeting in an office for an appointment provides for you

  • Some of the techniques that you want to incorporate into your therapy work better for you when you are meeting for therapy in-person

  • Online therapy does not offer you the deep healing work you are needing or looking for

  • You are a college student and/or live with several other people and worry about having access to a private space for telehealth

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What are the Benefits of Virtual Counseling in Louisiana?

Virtual therapy isn’t just about saving time with a busy schedule. It’s also about increasing your access to high-quality care. You may live in New Iberia and want to access therapists across the state. Or, you may live in New Orleans, Lafayette, Metairie, or Shreveport and want to work with a mental health provider who understands your lived experiences and supports your growth from the comfort of your own home.

Online therapy in Louisiana makes sense for you if:

  • You have a busy schedule—you have a lot of things to keep track of and do

  • You simply don’t want to spend the time commuting back and forth to an appointment. The more time you can save, the better!

  • You are overwhelmed by life and family obligations

  • You prefer the safety, comfort, and privacy of your home to the unknowability of an in-person space

  • Accessing high quality therapy is simply much more realistic online—it removes a whole variety of barriers for you

  • You are looking for the right therapeutic fit to support your healing, and if the right fit is online, then that is ideal for you

The beauty of online therapy in Louisiana? It can work for you.

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Therapy for Childhood Trauma

You grew up with a disinterested mother at best and an invasive, critical mother at worst. You never experienced the delightful, loving joy of that “best friend” mother-daughter relationship. Who do you turn to when you don’t know what to do, when you need something, when you want a role model to look up to?

All she did was shut you down and shut you out.

What if your internal critical voice, need to hide your feelings, and desperation to people-please and be perfect could change?

What if you could finally experience the inner peace you crave?

In childhood trauma therapy at Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy, I help mother wounded women connect with their internal needs, find their voices and confidence, and set boundaries without guilt. Through the trauma-focused technique of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, we support your system to tune into its needs and provide the care, reparenting, and self-love it deserves. Learn more below:

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Counseling for Teen Anxiety

Your teen has always been the sweet, sensitive one. The “old soul.” They were always able to navigate the hard stuff on their own. But as you are watching them grow, as life is getting more complicated, you are watching them get more and more anxious. Now, they constantly worry about being good enough, perfect enough. They panic. What if they disappoint everyone around them? It’s hurting you to watch them be in pain.

The truth is: it’s scaring you too. And with online counseling for teen anxiety, we can figure it out, navigate this tough space, and get to the other side of healing together, as a team.

At Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy, I specialize in working with anxious teens. Through our work together, I help teens (and their caregivers) understand the root causes of their anxiety and learn strategies to help them feel less overwhelmed, less consumed by high pressure and expectations, and become accepting of themselves.

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Therapy for Parentification Trauma

You have always been caught in between two worlds and somehow you have never been enough for either one. You’re always pushing forward, on the go, on demand for your family. You’re trying to meet their expectations. But the thing is, you’re ot really who they want you to be. No matter how much effort you put in, how much you do on the inside you just feel empty, alone, invisible. The truth is, they don’t really see you. Does it matter who you are, not just what you do?

Being an eldest daughter and a daughter of immigrants comes with a seemingly insurmountable amount of pressure, and the moment you speak it into existence you somehow become the villain.

What if you could finally pause and stop feeling obligated to do everything for everyone? What if trauma therapy finally gave you the space to be seen for who you are rather than what you are and what you do?

Through parentification trauma therapy at Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy, I help eldest daughters and adult daughters of immigrants slow down, let go of perfectionism, and finally accept themselves as they are (instead of just what they can do for other people). Through the trauma-focused technique of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, we support your system to tune into its needs and provide the care, ease, reparenting, and acceptance it deserves. Learn more below:

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Start Therapy in New Orleans with Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy

Image of Alice Zic smiling in front of trees in Sterling, Virginia to show online therapy in Virginia for adults with past trauma and teens with anxiety

After moving around the northeast for several years, I am thrilled to finally call the Crescent City my home.

My practice is located in Mid-City, New Orleans. I see clients in-person at my Mid-City office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and I provide online therapy throughout Louisiana, Connecticut, and Virginia.

You can learn more about me here and check out my blog here.

If you are ready to begin therapy in New Orleans, simply follow these steps:

  1. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation phone call using the button below

  2. Fill out the pre-consult form

  3. Consult on the phone call with your new, caring online therapist

  4. Begin therapy either in-person in New Orleans or online throughout Louisiana

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FAQ for Therapy in New Orleans

  • Yes, absolutely! The world is increasingly complicated and busy and sometimes, getting to an in-person office, with a therapist who is the right fit and has an opening that works for you is just tough to find. Telehealth increases your options and the likelihood that you can do the meaningful, deep work that you have been looking for, in a way that truly works for you.

  • I see clients in-person at my office in mid-city New Orleans, located at 137 N Clark Street. On Mondays and Thursdays, I see clients virtually from New Orleans. Due to licensing regulations, you must be physically located in Louisiana, Connecticut, or Virginia in order for us to meet via telehealth.

  • Online therapy offers so much flexibility. If you travel between Connecticut, Louisiana, and Virginia, we will still be able to meet. I am able to meet with you in a location that I am licensed in. However, if you are physically located outside of CT, LA, and/or VA, we are unable to meet throughout the duration of that time period.

  • My rate is $200 for a 50-55-minute session.