About Hallie
Dr. Hallie Harper began her clinical path after deciding to shift from a planned nursing career into mental health. She holds a doctorate in higher education with a concentration in health education and brings 20 years of experience to her work.
Dr. Harper is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner, LIMHP, practicing in Nebraska and focused on helping people manage stress and anxiety. Her style is warm and interactive.
She listens closely and treats people with respect and compassion.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps that can be used between meetings, not just talk about feelings. Dr. Harper uses cognitive behavioral ideas alongside client-centered listening and acceptance-based methods.
She often blends techniques to match a person’s needs, from coping strategies for anxiety to steps that address mood and relationship concerns. She aims to make plans that feel realistic for everyday life. She has worked with people facing depression, relationship strain, anger, and major life changes.
Additional areas she addresses include issues related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness and disability, body image, and transitions such as divorce or separation. In sessions she partners with each person to set clear goals and try practical tools. Her focus is on helping people find strengths, develop coping skills, and take small steps toward better day-to-day functioning.
Approaches and what online therapy looks like
Dr. Harper often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then focus on actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with each person to identify goals and then tries techniques that match those goals and preferences. This means methods can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a face-to-face feel and for practicing exercises together. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a speaker-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are options for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter, written exchange fits better into a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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