Alyce Fortnoff

Compassionate CBT-informed care for life transitions

LPCC Ohio

Experience: 24 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Alyce

Alyce Fortnoff is an Ohio-based LPCC with 24 years of clinical experience who integrates cognitive behavioral techniques into a client-centered framework to help people navigate difficult emotional transitions.

Background and approach

She focuses on practical skills and perspective shifts to address depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and questions about life purpose, while attending to related concerns such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, and addictions. Her work attends to a broad set of interpersonal and internal challenges, including relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, caregiver stress, and multicultural concerns.

She also supports clients facing chronic pain, aging and geriatric issues, post-traumatic stress, and process or substance-related addictions, helping them build coping strategies and healthier routines. Alyce brings a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance to therapy and draws on multiple evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy alongside CBT.

She aims to help clients process guilt, shame, isolation, and abandonment themes and to foster resilience, clearer goals, and more effective emotional regulation.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Many of Alyce's favored approaches adapt well to remote work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and many mood or coping challenges when paired with practical at-home exercises. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes values-based action and learning to accept difficult feelings while committing to meaningful goals, which can help with chronic stress, grief, and life-purpose questions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the individual's experience and emphasizes empathy and collaboration to build insight and self-directed growth, supporting issues like relationship concerns, self-esteem, and adjustment to life changes.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Alyce frames treatment as a collaborative process, exploring a client's goals, preferences, and responses to different strategies to determine which combination of techniques best supports progress over time.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and needs. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care across busy routines or geographic limitations and allow therapists and clients to move through skill-building, check-ins, and processing in ways that fit daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Alyce works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, and ADHD, plus related topics like anger, self-esteem, and career challenges.

What is her therapeutic style and approach?

She combines cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered care and draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy to tailor treatment to individual needs.

How much experience does she have?

Alyce has 24 years of experience providing mental health services and has worked across many sensitive and long-term issues such as chronic health challenges, addiction recovery, and mood disorders.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She is licensed in Ohio as an LPCC with the credential OH LPCC E.0002871-SUPV and provides services to clients located in Ohio.

Can I work with her if English is not my first language?

Sessions are provided in English; she does not list additional language offerings or accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

She offers a variety of remote formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I need to do to begin therapy?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityControl issuesDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesGuilt and shame Isolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersMulticultural concernsPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Women's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

24+ years

Licensed

Ohio

Languages

English