About Graham
Graham Harriman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oregon with 14 years of clinical experience. He combines practical skills with a calm, down-to-earth presence. People come to him for help with anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
Graham uses a person-centered style that keeps the client’s goals in focus. He weaves in mindfulness and mind/body awareness to help people notice patterns and feel more grounded.
Background and approach
He also draws on existential ideas to help clients make sense of meaning and purpose in their lives. His background includes work as a mental health therapist, program manager, and public health program director. That mix of clinical and systems experience informs his approach to complex problems like substance use, HIV-related care, and multicultural concerns.
He coauthored a book on mutual aid, AIDS, and social transformation in psychology. In sessions he brings a practical attitude. He helps people talk through relationship and intimacy questions, sleeping and stress problems, career and life-purpose questions, and grief.
He also addresses issues such as compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and trauma-related distress. Graham offers direct, collaborative work. He uses techniques from motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior therapy when they fit the situation.
He helps clients try different strategies and notice what actually changes in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions look like
Graham works from a client-centered framework that prioritizes each person's goals and pace. That means sessions focus on what matters to the client and the therapist adjusts strategies to meet those aims.He also uses dialectical behavior therapy - DBT - skills in a practical way to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can help with anxiety, intense mood swings, and relationship conflicts. Existential therapy appears in his work as well, helping people talk about purpose, values, and how to live with uncertainty when facing major life questions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. He will discuss different methods and together with the client decide which techniques to try first. That collaborative process includes checking in on what is working and making small adjustments over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be less demanding on bandwidth and easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for people juggling busy schedules or varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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