Alice McCarter, LICSW, LCSW

Alice McCarter is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 22 years of experience, including practice in Massachusetts and five years in North Carolina. She holds an MA and licences as LICSW and LCSW and brings steady, practical support to people facing hard times. Her work centers on helping clients make small changes that add up to real relief.

Alice focuses on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship difficulties. She also helps people with self-esteem, coping with life changes, grief, addiction, sleep and eating issues, and career or parenting stress. Thoughts and everyday habits are a natural part of her conversations when addressing these problems.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions often involve looking at what someone is doing day to day and testing simple, doable adjustments. She uses mindfulness practices to slow things down, motivational interviewing to build internal motivation, and solution-focused steps to set achievable goals.

Clients can expect straightforward language and practical tools rather than jargon. Alice pays attention to how habits, routines, and thinking patterns affect mood and behavior. She aims to help people gain clearer choices and steadier functioning in daily life.

Her background includes long-term clinical experience across settings. That experience informs a flexible approach that adapts to what each person needs in the moment. To begin, she asks about current struggles, what has already been tried, and what small changes would feel useful now.

How these approaches translate to online work

Alice draws on mindfulness therapy to help people notice thought and body patterns in the moment. Mindfulness practice can reduce reactivity and make daily habits easier to change, which is useful for anxiety, stress, and sleep or eating concerns.

She also uses motivational interviewing to uncover what matters to a person and to strengthen their own reasons for change. This approach supports work on addictions, career moves, and creating new routines by building internal motivation rather than relying on pressure from outside.

Solution-focused therapy is part of her toolbox for breaking problems into manageable steps. It emphasizes concrete goals and small experiments clients can try between sessions to see what helps in everyday life.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before, then tailor methods to fit those needs. That planning is an ongoing part of the work rather than a one-time decision.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Discuss session length and cadence during the initial scheduling conversation to match therapy to everyday routines.