Melissa Harris, LPC
Therapist in Tennessee
Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience.
- Licensed inTennessee
- License6019
- NPI 1205456134
- Experience8+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Melissa
Melissa Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and a wide range of life changes. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical steps people can use between sessions.
Melissa builds a calm space for clients to talk through painful memories and current struggles. She listens for patterns that keep someone stuck and gently guides them toward new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions often center on skills for coping, clearer communication, and rebuilding self-worth. Her work draws on several approaches, including Attachment-Based Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Those methods are used to help with problems like relationship strain, shame, low mood, and chronic stress.
She also addresses concerns such as ADHD, addiction, eating issues, and compassion fatigue. Clients can expect a collaborative pace where goals are set together. Melissa emphasizes small, doable changes that fit daily life.
She also offers coaching-style support for people who want practical tools alongside therapy. Melissa is experienced with complex situations including adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and blended family challenges. She works in English and accepts international clients for remote sessions.
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
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- 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
- 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
How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online
Melissa often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people understand how early bonds shape present relationships and emotional reactions. This approach is useful for those who want to improve trust, closeness, or manage abandonment-related wounds.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on noticing thoughts and values-guided action rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions by clarifying what matters and taking small steps toward it.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Melissa will talk with clients about what feels most useful and adjust methods to fit each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The process is collaborative, with choices revisited as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different rhythms of life. Video calls allow fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth need, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter, more frequent touchpoints or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Melissa address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar concerns, and related challenges like ADHD, addictions, eating issues, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is compassionate and practical. She focuses on clear skills, better communication, and setting achievable goals together.
What is her clinical background?
Melissa has eight years of experience as a licensed therapist working with a broad range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Tennessee LPC credential and practices from Tennessee.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for remote work.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for therapy?
Costs vary 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 sessions according to therapist availability.
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