Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship or parenting concerns. Her work centers on practical steps clients can use in daily life.
Melissa takes a warm, straightforward approach. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and then introduces simple tools to change those patterns.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and elements of attachment-informed care. That means clients learn to notice thoughts and behaviors, practice values-based choices, and explore how early relationships affect current connections.
Common topics she addresses include depression, ADHD, eating concerns, addiction, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness, blended family issues, and attachment questions.
Melissa aims to help clients build lasting skills for emotion regulation, clearer communication, and problem solving. Sessions often include homework and short exercises to try between meetings. The focus is practical change rather than jargon.
People who choose her typically want a collaborative, down-to-earth therapist who offers structure and empathy. She helps set clear goals and adjusts methods to fit each person’s needs and pace.
How Melissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people find and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and committed action, helping clients live in line with what matters to them even when difficult feelings appear. Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication, which can help with intimacy and trust issues.
Finding the best approach is part of the process. Melissa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She checks in about what is working and adjusts tools and pace so the plan matches real-life needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for in-depth work and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging allows short updates or coaching between meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Melissa address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, addictions, eating concerns, parenting strain, and related challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct, with practical tools and short exercises. Sessions blend listening with concrete steps to try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Melissa has eight years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy
