About Phyllis
Phyllis Houston offers help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strains, and career questions. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi with 26 years of experience. She speaks English and works with people coping with intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
Her approach is direct and practical. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on understanding what keeps problems going and trying small changes that make daily life easier. She blends talk and action so progress can show between visits. Phyllis draws on several therapy models to fit each person’s needs.
She uses client-centered methods to create a respectful, down-to-earth conversation. She also applies cognitive-behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Emotion-focused ideas are used when feelings need clearer attention and naming.
Her background includes long experience working across a range of concerns, including caregiver stress, domestic violence, codependency, abandonment, and first responder issues. That variety helps her adapt to complex situations where problems overlap. She frames work as coaching and therapy when appropriate, helping people move toward practical daily changes.
People start by describing what feels most urgent. From there she and the client set short-term steps and track progress. Phyllis offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting you where you are. The therapist offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space and follows the client’s lead to identify concerns and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior. It breaks problems into smaller steps, teaches skills to test new ways of thinking, and uses practical exercises between sessions to build change. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and work with intense feelings, which can improve how they relate to themselves and others.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they pick methods to try, review what helps, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative process means the work can shift if something isn’t a good fit.
Online sessions make this flexible. Video calls let people work face-to-face without travel. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can support quick updates, homework, or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help fit therapy into busy days, make it easier to keep momentum, and let people choose how they express themselves during the work.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English