Melissa Harris, LPC
Therapist in Tennessee
Melissa Harris is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience.
- License 6019 · Tennessee Expires July 2026
- NPI 1205456134 · national registry
- Experience and languages 8+ years in practice English
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About Melissa
Melissa Harris is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, ADHD, and a range of relationship or identity concerns. Melissa aims to make therapy practical and approachable so people can take small steps toward feeling better.
Her sessions often begin with simple, clear goals. She listens first, then offers tools drawn from evidence-based methods.
Background and approach
These tools include cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and acceptance strategies to manage painful feelings. Melissa also uses attachment-focused ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships. That work can make communication easier and reduce repeated conflicts.
She integrates client-centered practices that put the person's voice and priorities front and center. People come to her for a wide mix of issues: coping with life changes, parenting strain, intimacy concerns, addiction-related stress, mood disorders, and caregiving burden. Melissa pays attention to how problems show up in daily life and helps people build concrete routines and skills.
Her style is straightforward and warm. She encourages practical homework between sessions and checks progress along the way. Melissa frames therapy as a collaborative effort to build clearer choices and more resilience moving forward.
Credentials
- LPC (Tennessee)
- License 6019 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1205456134 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
These are the approaches Melissa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Melissa blends several practical methods to help people move forward. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then commit to actions that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and teaches steps to change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based approaches look at relationship histories to understand current patterns and improve communication and connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan if something is not working well for the client.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can fit into busy days and help people get steady support between sessions. These formats make it possible to work on stress, relationship patterns, mood changes, and life transitions from wherever a person is located.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Melissa address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, depression, and many related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on listening, setting clear goals, and practicing tools between meetings.
What is her professional background?
Melissa has eight years of experience as a licensed professional counselor working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LPC in Tennessee and provides services from that state.
Can sessions be scheduled in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for meeting?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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