Harriette Wade, LPC

Harriette Wade is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who helps adults facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, and grief. She also supports people coping with trauma, addiction, mood disorders, ADHD, and career or life changes. Her tone is direct and practical, aimed at people who want clear steps and steady support.

She favors approaches that focus on thoughts, patterns, and past experiences to bring relief now and build long-term skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her toolkit for changing unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns and trauma-focused methods for processing painful events.

Sessions are collaborative. Harriette treats each person as the expert on their life and helps set goals that match personal values. She works to create a straightforward plan that targets immediate problems and builds coping skills for the future.

Her background includes 12 years of counseling experience and work in mental rehabilitation and intensive outpatient settings. She holds a master’s degree in professional counseling and an LPC credential in Louisiana. Her practice has included coordination with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, primary care, and social services.

Harriette offers a direct, steady style that aims to reduce overwhelming symptoms and increase daily functioning. She helps people develop practical strategies, manage strong emotions, and make lasting changes at a pace that fits their life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Harriette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include clear steps, homework between meetings, and tools to manage anxiety, depression, and anger.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events cause ongoing symptoms. This approach focuses on processing and reducing the impact of traumatic memories, and can help with post-traumatic stress, grief, and intense emotional responses.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and body language cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and texting work well for brief updates, between-session check-ins, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when relocating within the same state.