EMDR in the Clear Lake office: what Noel actually offers

Noel R. Love Counseling publishes a short line that is easy to skip: Noel is EMDR-trained, offering trauma-related counseling and resolution. That sentence is from the incumbent Clear Lake site. This article stays inside it. It does not invent a protocol, a session count, or a cure rate.

People search EMDR after talking has already happened. They have told the story. They have named the night, the wreck, the relapse, the year that will not stay in the past. The body still answers as if the event is in the room. That is the gap EMDR is meant to work in. Noel names it as one modality among several, not as the only door.

What you can verify before you book

Noel is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas, license 73592, and a Chemical Dependency Counselor, additional credential 12849. His NPI is 1669026548. The office is 1100 Nasa Parkway #211b, Houston, Texas 77058, in Clear Lake. The phone he publishes everywhere he controls is (713) 447-5989. Use that number, not the Google listing 832 line.

He received a Master of Education in Counseling from the University of Houston-Victoria at Sugar Land in 2016. Psychology Today lists more than twenty-five years of direct clinical experience and twenty-eight years in practice. A related site mentions more than thirty-four years. This page uses the more conservative Psychology Today figures.

EMDR sits next to a client-centered approach, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused work, and family systems. The incumbent About page says he integrates those modalities and, in keeping with best practices, incorporates the client’s spirituality. The work considers community, culture, ethnicity, and gender. That is the frame. It is not a menu of add-ons.

How the hour sits next to recovery

Noel spent fourteen years as a counselor and program administrator after enlisting in the Air Force a year out of high school. He then spent twenty years as an educational consultant helping schools respond to substance use disorder. He still facilitates a group process for clients in early recovery.

He writes, and the site repeats, a line that should stay visible: Therapy is not recovery; it is a tool. He encourages Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Alanon. EMDR does not replace those meetings. If trauma and addiction are in the same life, ask him how the hours stack. Do not assume the website can sequence that for you.

Psychology Today lists trauma and PTSD among his areas of work, along with addiction, chronic relapse, dual diagnosis, and veterans. The incumbent FAQ list includes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Grief & Loss, Depression, Anxiety, and substance-related concerns. Those are published lists, not a diagnosis you should send through a web form.

Cost, insurance, and the first call

Psychology Today lists Individual Sessions at $125 and Couple Sessions at $125. Payment methods listed there include American Express, cash, check, Discover, HSA, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, and Zelle. A superbill is available for out-of-network.

Insurance names published on the practice include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Cigna, Oscar, Oxford, and United Healthcare. Headway also lists Ascension SmartHealth. Call to confirm your plan. A website cannot see your card.

Psychology Today lists a free fifteen-minute consultation. Use it if you need to know whether EMDR is the door, or whether the first hour should be a plain individual session. The office also works by Zoom. LGBTQ friendly. Adults, teens, and families.

This website is not a patient portal. Do not paste trauma details, records, or other people’s names into the contact form or the chat. Call (713) 447-5989 or write noelrlove@gmail.com and ask for the consult. The session door is a real room on Nasa Parkway, not a stock photograph.

If you want the portrait and the bio before you call, the About page carries the Air Force start, the fourteen years as a counselor and program administrator, the twenty years as an educational consultant, the 1997 and 2002 recognitions, and the University of Houston-Victoria degree. None of that is EMDR. It is the person who says he is EMDR-trained. The distinction matters. You are booking a counselor, not a brand of protocol sold without a name on the door.

• EMDR is published as a trained offering, not a guaranteed outcome.
• The primary phone is (713) 447-5989.
• Individual Sessions $125 as listed on Psychology Today.
• Do not send clinical records through this site.