About Bri
Bri Harless is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting strain. She speaks plainly and works to understand each person's situation before suggesting steps forward. Her approach is practical and respectful of each person's choices.
She earned a master's degree in Counseling with a focus on professional counseling and marriage and family therapy. Bri has worked in clinical settings since 2009 and has fourteen years of experience supporting people through big life changes.
Background and approach
Early in her career she spent significant time with people affected by substance use, and more recently she has provided care in a independent practice setting. Bri often helps people manage trauma and abuse, grief, relationship conflict, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating ADHD, self-esteem struggles, and identity questions related to LGBT issues.
She adapts methods to suit the problem at hand rather than using a single fixed style. Her ways of working include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Bri describes her role as a guide, teacher, and helper who partners with clients to find tools that fit their life.
She believes small, usable skills are better than complicated plans that never get used. Sessions emphasize practical strategies, clearer thinking, and steady steps toward what matters to the person. Bri welcomes conversations about next steps and scheduling.
How Bri's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people focus on values and take practical steps toward a meaningful life while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions in relationships and improving how people express needs and respond to one another.Bri treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about current concerns, goals, and preferences, and together they pick or blend methods that feel most useful. That collaborative process is part of the first sessions and may change as progress is made.
Online therapy with Bri uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and structured exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for short check-ins, skill practice, or when people prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while staying focused on practical strategies and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English