About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
Michelle listens closely and treats each person as the expert on their own story. Her background includes degrees in psychology and counseling and long work across social services, child protective services, public education, and community mental health. That variety shaped a practical, down-to-earth style.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to clarify what matters most and find small, doable steps forward. Michelle draws on client-centered methods that keep the person’s values at the center of the work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns that affect mood and behavior.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is uncertain or stuck about change. When trauma or difficult life events come up, she uses Trauma-Focused and narrative approaches to help people rewrite parts of their story so painful memories feel less dominant. The work often focuses on building coping skills, improving self-esteem, and making daily life more manageable.
Clients can expect a calm, respectful space where practical tools are paired with careful listening. Michelle supports people dealing with career questions, parenting strain, postpartum concerns, aging issues, cultural stressors, and more. She aims to help people find clearer direction and regain steady footing.
Approaches you can use over video or phone
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist offers empathy and respect while helping someone sort out their priorities and values. This approach helps when a person wants a steady, supportive place to process hard experiences.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. Working together, the therapist and client identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. CBT works well for stress, mood concerns, and change-focused goals.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time based on what helps. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match daily life needs. Video is useful for in-depth work that benefits from face-to-face connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief updates between sessions and flexible, on-the-go communication. These options aim to make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English