- Practical skills
- Family concerns
- Trauma awareness
About Bri
Bri Harless is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing parenting stress and family conflict. She combines practical support with straightforward conversation to help parents and individuals manage anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Bri writes plainly and focuses on tools that fit everyday life.
Bri earned a master’s degree in Counseling with a focus on professional counseling and marriage and family therapy. Since 2009 she has provided individual, couples, and group counseling, and has significant experience with substance use concerns and trauma. In recent years she has worked in private practice addressing a broad range of mental health issues including ADHD, PTSD, and stage-of-life adjustments.
Her approach begins with getting to know each person and their situation. She describes her role as a guide, helper, and teacher, and aims to tailor methods to what will work for each client. Techniques come from several well-known approaches, and she emphasizes practical skills clients can use between sessions.
Bri places value on individual autonomy and on choosing tools that fit a person’s life and routine. She has worked extensively with people managing compassion fatigue, addiction recovery, and parenting-related stress. Over 14 years of practice, she has kept a focus on helping clients build skills to cope with anger, stress, and relationship strain.
If calling for help feels hard, she acknowledges that and respects the step a person takes. Bri looks to collaborate on realistic goals and to teach strategies that can be kept in daily life. She invites prospective clients to take the first step toward starting therapy.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while continuing to move toward what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centers on understanding emotional responses and improving connection in relationships, which can be helpful for people navigating relationship strain or family-related stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will start by learning about your goals, preferences, and daily routine, then suggest methods that fit those needs. Expect a practical conversation about which tools to try and how to use them between sessions.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people try techniques in the settings where they actually use them, so skills transfer to everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Bri address?
She works with a wide range of issues including addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD-related concerns.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Bri describes herself as a guide, helper, and teacher who tailors methods to each person. She uses practical tools from different approaches to fit clients' everyday lives.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional experience, working since 2009 in individual, couples, and group counseling settings and more recently in private practice.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.