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Online therapist

Narissa Huntley

Calm guidance for family and life transitions

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Credentials
LCMHC
Experience
6 years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Narissa

Narissa Huntley uses a client-centered approach to help people understand themselves and make meaningful changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina. Her style is warm and interactive with a focus on clear communication and practical steps.

Narissa aims to create space where people feel respected and heard as they work through stressful or difficult life moments. She has six years of experience providing direct counseling in a range of settings.

Background and approach

That work has included independent practice, school-based support, home-based services, homeless shelters, and community mental health agencies. Those settings shaped her skill in helping with anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and family concerns. Narissa blends cognitive behavioral techniques with existential and mindfulness ideas to help people notice patterns and make small, useful changes.

Motivational interviewing is part of how she supports readiness to change and goals people find meaningful. Sessions tend to focus on practical strategies and honest conversation rather than labels. Parents and caregivers can expect help with common family and parenting challenges, blended family issues, fatherhood concerns, and caregiver stress.

She also addresses mood disorders, grief, anger, ADHD-related struggles, and life purpose questions. The aim is to build coping skills and clearer ways of relating within families. Her approach is collaborative: she listens, helps set goals, and adjusts techniques to fit each person.

Narissa invites people who want to take steady steps toward better daily functioning and healthier family connections to reach out and begin the process.

Therapeutic approaches and online care for family concerns

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, respect, and helping people clarify what matters to them. It supports self-understanding and helps people make choices that fit their values and family roles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety, change unhelpful patterns, and improve everyday functioning for mood and stress problems.

Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, goal-focused method that helps people find their own reasons to change. It can be useful when someone feels unsure about next steps or wants to set clearer family or parenting goals.

Narissa treats choosing an approach as a joint process. She will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust techniques to fit what works best. That collaboration helps shape sessions so they feel useful from the start.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options can make it easier to fit counseling into busy family schedules and to maintain momentum between sessions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach coping skills, problem-solve family challenges, and track progress over time.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

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.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
Narissa works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, parenting concerns, relationship and family issues, anger, career questions, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive and emphasizes listening and practical steps. She combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness ideas.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of direct counseling experience across independent practice, schools, home-based work, homeless shelters, and community mental health agencies.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, licensed in North Carolina with NC LCMHC 13850.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
6 years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English

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