About Monriel
Monriel Harbison is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, and the strong emotions that come with them. She uses a warm, nonjudgmental approach and works together with clients to build practical skills for daily life. Her sessions center on concrete tools for managing racing thoughts, irritability, anger, and sleep problems.
She helps people learn skills to reduce stress and cope with life changes.
Background and approach
The goal is to increase confidence in handling emotions rather than feeling controlled by them. Monriel draws from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness-based techniques. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to set achievable goals and keep progress moving.
These methods are used in simple, step-by-step ways that fit into a person’s routine. With four years as a licensed therapist and additional years in the mental health field, she has experience supporting people through mood concerns, addictions, and compassion fatigue. Her focus includes self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and women’s issues.
She aims to help people strengthen resilience, improve communication, and build healthier coping habits. Sessions are collaborative and practical, with an emphasis on what can change in day-to-day life.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
CBT teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and managing racing thoughts by breaking issues into small, manageable steps.DBT offers skills for regulating intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions. It emphasizes breathing, distress tolerance, and clear communication to help with anger, emotional ups and downs, and relationship stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what works best for each person. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for a full therapy experience with visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text allow shorter check-ins, written practice of new skills, and flexibility around work or caregiving schedules.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using evidence-based methods adapted for remote work with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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