About Justin
Justin Garris is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three years of experience helping people handle stress and anxiety. He works in Mississippi and speaks English. He aims to make the first step less overwhelming and offers straightforward support for people ready to change.
He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice the thoughts and actions that keep problems going and then try new, practical strategies. He also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people connect feelings with patterns in relationships and communication.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and skills people can use between appointments. Justin adapts sessions to each person's needs. He listens for what matters most and builds a plan around those priorities.
Conversations are focused and down to earth so people leave with next steps they can try right away. His work covers many concerns, including parenting stress, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, ADHD, and coping with life changes. He also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment and blended family dynamics when they come up in therapy.
People can expect a respectful, sensitive approach that balances emotional understanding with practical tools. Justin helps clients set realistic goals and track progress over time. He encourages small changes that add up to better day-to-day functioning.
How CBT and EFT translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and track their emotions in relation to relationships and communication. Online sessions can use conversation and focused exercises to practice new ways of expressing needs and responding to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In virtual sessions Justin can introduce simple tools and homework that clients use between meetings to change thinking patterns and daily routines. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Justin works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. He will check in about how techniques are working and adjust the plan together. Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and do interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when scheduling short moments for support between sessions.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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