Melissa Harris, LPC
Compassionate counselor for steady change
Details
| Name | Melissa Harris |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Tennessee |
| Licensed in | Tennessee |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 8 |
About Melissa
Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making therapy feel manageable and practical for everyday life.
She creates a calm atmosphere where people can tell their story and make sense of difficult experiences. She listens for patterns that keep problems going and works with clients to name those patterns.
Background and approach
That helps people see options and try different ways of responding to old problems. Melissa uses a mix of approaches drawn from Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She adapts methods to match what each person needs rather than following one fixed plan.
Sessions include talking, reflecting, and practicing small skills to reduce distress and improve relationships. Common concerns she supports include parenting stress, workplace strain, ADHD challenges, addiction-related issues, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also addresses grief, trauma, and communication problems that affect daily life.
Melissa pays attention to the whole picture, including medical or caregiving stressors that affect mood and energy. Her approach suits people who want clear, practical steps alongside deeper exploration of their story. She works collaboratively to set goals and track progress.
The aim is steady, usable change that fits into a busy life.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse among the things Melissa works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Melissa among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Melissa directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Melissa directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused work translates online
Melissa often combines Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in online work. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe their life story by separating the problem from the person and finding alternative storylines that support change. ACT focuses on clarifying values and building small, practical actions to live in line with those values while learning techniques to accept difficult thoughts and feelings.Finding the best approach is part of the therapy process. She works collaboratively with each client to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities. That means trying different techniques, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in format, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity when schedules or locations change.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Melissa commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting, anger, self-esteem, bipolar and depression, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens for patterns in a person's story and offers small, useful steps alongside deeper reflection.
What is her clinical background?
Melissa has eight years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns and applies evidence-informed methods in her practice.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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