Melissa Harris, LPC
Tennessee · 8 years in practice
Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eight years of 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 experience in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life changes. Her work also addresses trauma, ADHD, addictions, and issues around relationships and intimacy.
She creates a calm, straightforward space where clients can talk through what feels hard. Sessions aim to identify patterns that get in the way and to build small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Melissa uses practical methods so people leave with clear steps to try between sessions. Her background includes several evidence-based approaches that guide how she listens and responds. She pays attention to how relationships and past attachments affect current struggles.
That perspective helps when addressing communication, abandonment, or blended family concerns. Melissa also works with concerns such as bipolar disorder, depression, eating issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and codependency. She offers support for people navigating workplace strain, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions.
The focus is on coping skills and emotional regulation. Clients can expect a collaborative style that mixes practical tools with open conversation. Melissa adapts techniques from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-oriented practices to match each person’s goals.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- 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)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online
Systemic therapy looks at how relationships and patterns between people affect current problems. It helps when communication, blended family issues, or long-standing interaction patterns keep causing stress or conflict.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes when the goal is to act in line with personal values despite difficult emotions.
Attachment-Based Therapy centers on how early relationships shape how people connect and trust now. This approach can help with abandonment concerns, intimacy issues, and attachment-related patterns that affect current relationships.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and your situation to decide which methods to emphasize. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls are helpful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Melissa help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and grief, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, blending emotional listening with hands-on techniques to help people make changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Melissa has eight years of clinical experience working as a therapist in Tennessee and focuses on a broad range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as TN LPC, and practices from Tennessee.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are session costs handled?
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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time according to therapist availability.
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