Harvey Norris
Calm, practical help for family stress
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Harvey
Harvey Norris is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on practical help for parents and people concerned about family life. He listens first and meets people where they are. Conversations are direct and respectful, aimed at workable changes rather than labels.
He aims to help people build manageable steps toward clearer routines and steadier relationships. With 35 years in mental health, he draws on a wide range of experience.
Background and approach
He has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related problems. He also works with concerns tied to chronic illness, cancer, disaster recovery, domestic violence, and post-traumatic stress. His style is warm and person-centered.
Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on small, practical moves that can be tried between meetings. He uses therapy tools that fit each situation rather than one fixed method. Harvey holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and works from Louisiana.
He has worked across many settings over decades and brings that experience into brief, focused sessions when needed. Outside work he mentions a long-term marriage and a busy household with five children and a terrier named Scruffy. That everyday family life shapes his sense of what matters when parenting and household stress become overwhelming.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Harvey uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT sessions often include practical exercises and simple homework to test new ways of coping, useful for anxiety, stress, and mood problems.He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma-related work. EMDR helps people process distressing memories through guided techniques that can reduce the intensity of those memories and the reactions tied to them.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable. Together they try methods that fit the problem and adjust as progress or challenges appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for busy family schedules or long commutes. These options make it possible to work on skills and routines from home, check in more easily between sessions, and maintain continuity when travel or life changes occur.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Florida
- Languages
- English
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