- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Bri
Bri Harless is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan who helps people struggling with parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and substance use concerns. She brings a calm, straightforward approach that aims to make therapy useful and practical for everyday life. She spent the early part of her career working with people and families affected by substance use.
More recently she has practiced in personal settings supporting a range of mental health needs including ADHD, PTSD, grief, and relationship challenges.
Background and approach
Bri's training included a master's degree in Counseling with a focus on professional counseling and marriage and family therapy. She has 14 years of overall experience and has provided individual, couples, and group counseling during that time. She begins by getting to know each person and their goals before suggesting tools or techniques.
Bri describes her role as a guide, teacher, and helper who respects client autonomy and tailors strategies to fit everyday life. Common work in her sessions includes learning concrete skills for stress, anger, and emotion regulation. She also helps people navigate life changes, process trauma, and address addictive behaviors with practical steps they can use outside sessions.
Bri aims to make the first step easier for people who feel unsure about therapy. She focuses on simple, usable tools and a collaborative process to help clients move toward the changes they want.
What Bri works with
Everything Bri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Bri helps people with.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
Approaches Bri lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Bri Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Bri uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with a focus on helping people clarify personal values and take small meaningful steps toward them. ACT often helps when anxiety, avoidance, or life transitions get in the way of what matters most.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with practical strategies for mood and behavior change. CBT can be useful for depression, anxiety, and stress-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Bri will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest techniques that fit their life. She adapts methods over time based on what is helpful in session and between meetings.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can work with lower bandwidth, live chat offers a quick check-in, and text messaging can support ongoing reminders or brief reflections between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into a busy schedule and use the format that feels most practical for them.
Questions people ask about Bri
What kinds of concerns does Bri work with?
Bri works with a wide range of issues including addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, stress, coping with life changes, LGBT issues, and compassion fatigue.
What is Bri's general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical; she focuses on learning usable skills and tailoring approaches to fit each person's life. She sees her role as a guide, helper, and teacher rather than imposing one fixed method.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience, including work in both agency settings and independent practice since 2009.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the credential LPC, specifically an MI LPC, and is based in Michigan.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does the subscription and getting started process work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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