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Anita Harris

Compassionate skills-based counseling for real-life challenges

LPC Missouri

Experience
20 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Anita

Anita Harris is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri with two decades of clinical experience. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered and acceptance-based ideas to help clients identify practical strategies and build on existing strengths.

Background and approach

Her approach emphasizes solution-focused work paired with skills training so clients can learn tools for navigating stress, anxiety, mood challenges, trauma, and life transitions. Across many years in practice she has developed extensive experience with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, using that work to help people tolerate emotional distress and improve interpersonal effectiveness.

Anita also addresses a broad range of concerns including grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, ADHD, chronic illness, and career or life-purpose questions. She offers direct support while gently challenging patterns that no longer serve clients, collaborating to find new ways of coping and moving forward.

Integrating evidence-informed approaches into online care

Many of Anita Harris's methods translate well to remote formats, starting with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing concrete skill sets for managing mood, anxiety, and behavioral challenges. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) complements that work by helping clients clarify personal values and practice acceptance-based strategies to move toward meaningful goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training is another cornerstone of her practice, offering distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process; Anita works with clients to determine which combination of CBT, ACT, or DBT techniques best matches their needs, goals, and preferences. That process typically begins by exploring current difficulties, identifying priorities, and agreeing on practical strategies to try together.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing flexibility for people with varied schedules and communication styles. These formats support ongoing skills practice, check-ins between sessions, and convenient access to therapy without a commute, making it easier for clients to maintain consistency and integrate new strategies into daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Anita commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, sleeping problems, anger, self esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes among other areas.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is solution-focused and strengths-based, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with ACT, DBT, EFT, and client-centered approaches to teach practical skills and foster insight.
How much experience does she have?
Anita brings 20 years of clinical experience offering counseling across a wide range of issues and treatment approaches.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is an LPC licensed in Missouri with license number MO LPC 2008024136 and practices in that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients and provides services within the scope of her Missouri licensure.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are sessions billed or priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the recommended way to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesGuilt and shameHearing impairedHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Missouri

Languages

English