About Justin
Justin Garris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. He works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and problems that come with major life changes. Justin aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for straightforward conversation.
He uses approaches grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide sessions. That means helping clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, while also looking at emotional patterns that affect relationships and self-understanding.
Background and approach
Sessions are built around clear goals and small, usable steps. Justin has three years of counseling experience in Mississippi. He tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions.
Expect a mixture of skill-building, emotion work, and practical problem solving. Common topics he addresses include parenting stress, addiction concerns, anger, trauma and abuse, and a range of relationship and communication problems. He also supports people facing adoption and foster care questions, attachment challenges, body image concerns, codependency, and coping after disasters.
Language used in sessions is plain and direct, with a focus on what people can do between meetings. Starting therapy with him is described as a collaborative process where the client’s goals shape the plan. He provides sessions by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is practical and often includes exercises to try between appointments to reduce anxiety, manage ADHD-related challenges, and improve mood.Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at emotional patterns and how they shape relationships and self-understanding. It helps people notice and shift emotional responses that keep them stuck, which can aid with attachment issues, communication problems, and relationship stress.
Choosing the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. He will listen to goals and preferences and suggest whether CBT, EFT, or a mix would be most useful. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy days and provide flexible ways to share progress between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while still using the chosen therapeutic methods.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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