About Anita
Anita Harris is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, ADHD concerns, depression, grief, addictions, and relationship or intimacy-related struggles. Her style is practical and goal-oriented, with an eye for strengths the client already has.
Anita uses straightforward tools to help people handle hard moments. She teaches skills drawn from behavioral approaches so clients can try new ways of coping and see what works.
Background and approach
She also uses emotion-focused ideas to help people understand and shift painful patterns in close relationships. In sessions she balances support with honest feedback. She will point out patterns that get in the way and suggest small experiments to change them.
Clients leave with concrete strategies for sleeping better, managing anger, or facing life transitions. Her work includes helping people navigate parenting stress, career shifts, chronic pain or illness, and the ripple effects of trauma and grief. She also addresses issues like self-esteem, control problems, and compassion fatigue for caregivers.
Anita offers several session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. New clients begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment to see if the approach fits their needs.
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and learn small actions that align with those values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation struggles by teaching practical ways to notice thoughts and move toward chosen goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through clear, step-by-step techniques. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, and managing daily routines that feel out of control.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Anita will discuss the options and try methods that match a client's goals and preferences, adjusting as progress is made. This collaborative process helps shape sessions around what actually helps the person feel and function better.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit quick reflections or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility needs while still accessing consistent therapeutic support.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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