Anita Harris, LPC
Missouri · 20 years in practice
Anita Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 20 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Missouri
- 2008024136 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1306149604 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- 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 Anita
Anita Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 20 years of clinical experience. She uses a practical, solution-focused approach to help people identify and build on their strengths. Anita combines conversational support with direct feedback so clients can move toward their goals.
Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She also helps people coping with grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, and sleep problems.
Background and approach
Other common focuses include self-esteem, career questions, ADHD, and managing life changes. Anita draws on several approaches to match a person’s needs. Jungian Therapy is one influence she references for understanding personal themes and deeper patterns.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for practical skill building. Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. Anita offers support while also gently challenging habits that get in the way.
She works with people to try new ways of coping and to practice skills between sessions. People who choose Anita can expect clear goals and steady attention to progress. She records experience from many years of practice and focuses on straightforward steps that fit each person’s life.
Sessions can be a mix of short-term problem solving and longer exploration depending on what the client wants.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Anita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Anita names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Jungian Therapy looks at recurring themes, symbols, and personal stories to help people understand why certain patterns repeat. Online sessions can use this approach to reflect on dreams, life roles, and meaning in ways that fit a person’s schedule.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters most. It focuses on small, practical steps to live by chosen values and can be practiced between sessions using short exercises or messaging check-ins.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. In an online format CBT techniques can be assigned as short homework, reviewed over chat, or practiced during video sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That may mean combining Jungian reflection with ACT values work and CBT or DBT skills for coping.
Online therapy provides flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels uncomfortable. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, and reminders between sessions. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on goals between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Anita commonly help with?
Anita works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD and compassion fatigue, among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is solution-focused and collaborative. She provides support and also offers direct feedback to help people try new approaches and build practical skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working as a counselor in Missouri, applying a mix of therapy methods to meet different needs.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in Missouri.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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