Alice McCarter

Alice McCarter is a licensed social worker with more than 22 years of clinical experience, including five years practicing in North Carolina. She holds an MA LICSW and an NC LCSW and focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and life transitions. Her style is straightforward and caring, aimed at helping clients find practical ways to manage feelings and move forward.

Alice takes a client-centered approach that starts with listening. She helps people name what is most troubling and then chooses simple strategies that fit their daily lives. Sessions often cover communication habits, coping skills, self-esteem, and practical problem-solving rather than abstract theory.

She blends mindfulness work with motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to keep sessions purposeful. Mindfulness helps people notice patterns in their thinking and feeling. Motivational interviewing supports change when someone feels stuck, and solution-focused work helps identify what changes would make daily life better.

Alice has experience with issues such as addiction, grief, trauma, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and career strain. She also supports people dealing with intimacy or relationship concerns, parenting stresses, and sleep or eating difficulties. Her background includes work in both Massachusetts and North Carolina.

People who prefer clear, practical steps tend to fit well with her approach. She encourages small experiments between sessions and focuses on realistic goals that can be tried in everyday situations. To begin, she asks new clients to share where they are stuck and what they hope to change.

How these approaches translate to online work

Alice uses mindfulness therapy to help people slow down and notice stressful thought and body patterns; this can make strong emotions easier to name and respond to. Motivational interviewing is a conversational style that helps someone find personal reasons to change, useful when feeling stuck or unsure about next steps. Solution-focused therapy looks for small, realistic changes that produce better days quickly.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about current struggles, goals, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try different ways of working and adjust approaches based on what helps most in day-to-day life.

Confirm current online session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports continuing care during life transitions, chronic health challenges, or when someone needs flexibility in timing.