Melissa Harris, LPC
Tennessee · 8 years in practice
Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eight years of clinical experience in Tennessee.
License and registration
- LPC, Tennessee
- 6019 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1205456134 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Melissa
Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eight years of clinical experience in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Her work also covers ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and a wide range of life transitions.
Melissa aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through hard things. Sessions are conversational and practical. She listens first, then helps clients choose small, workable steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes a blend of cognitive and emotion-focused methods. Melissa uses approaches that help people notice unhelpful thinking, practice new behaviors, and strengthen emotional connection to themselves and others. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Attachment-based ideas.
Clients often work on improving communication, managing mood swings, and coping with chronic stress or life changes. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, adoption and foster care issues, chronic illness, or complicated grief. Sessions include skills practice, real-life problem solving, and attention to personal values.
Melissa offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients may be seen in English. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling a first appointment.
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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear on their values and take small steps toward them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change mood and functioning. It can help with depression, anxiety, and problem-solving skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they decide what to focus on and adjust methods over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation for in-depth work and emotion-focused exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for people who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions, do shorter updates, or try written exercises that fit a busy schedule.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Melissa help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, depression, bipolar disorder, and related areas listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens closely, helps set clear goals, and teaches skills to use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Melissa has eight years of experience working as a therapist and brings that clinical practice to each session.
What credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Tennessee.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English and Melissa does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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