Dr. Michelle Harris, LPC

Dr. Michelle Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas with 20 years of clinical and education experience. She frames therapy around listening to each person's story and offering respectful, client-centered support as people work through stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and life transitions.

Her approach emphasizes collaboration. She treats people as the authors of their lives and helps them name next steps. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and finding practical ways to move forward, whether that means managing anger, coping with depression, or sorting relationship concerns.

Before moving into counseling, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington, a Master of Science in School Counseling from Amberton University, and an Advanced Certificate in Professional Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. Her background includes work in social services, child protective services, public schools, and community mental health.

Over two decades she has supported people facing career questions, family-of-origin issues, postpartum depression, and multicultural stressors. She draws on methods such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative approaches, and trauma-focused techniques when they fit the client's needs.

Michelle aims for clear, down-to-earth conversations and practical steps that fit daily life. She invites people to share their story and to explore new perspectives for coping, healing, and making purposeful changes.

How her approaches translate online

Dr. Harris uses client-centered methods that put the person's story first. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to the client, and helping people make choices that fit their values. It can help when someone needs a space to process grief, parenting challenges, or stress.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers practical steps to address unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit the client's goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions can include skill-building, storytelling work, and revisiting difficult memories when the client is ready.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a break, conversations without travel, or work that continues between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt the work so therapeutic steps match each person's schedule and goals.