About Narissa
Narissa Huntley uses a client-centered approach to help people reduce anxiety and manage stress. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina. Her style is warm and interactive and she aims to make sessions feel respectful and down-to-earth.
Narissa focuses on practical tools people can use day to day. She draws on cognitive-behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to ground strong emotions.
Background and approach
She also uses existential ideas to help people find meaning when life feels confusing or empty. Her background includes six years of direct clinical work in a variety of settings. That experience came from independent practice, schools, home-based care, homeless shelters, and community mental health agencies.
She has supported people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and grief. In sessions, Narissa works to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs. She avoids labels that feel stigmatizing and focuses on respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Sessions typically combine practical skills, short-term goal work, and space to reflect on deeper life questions. Getting started is framed as a collaborative step. Narissa encourages people to bring their real concerns and goals so they can build a plan together that fits daily life and practical limits.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience without judgment, helping people feel heard and guiding conversations toward what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into small steps and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood. These approaches fit well into online sessions because they rely on talk, reflection, and simple exercises that can be practiced between meetings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they will adapt methods over time so sessions match your needs and daily life demands rather than following a fixed agenda.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer, face-to-face conversations; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text are convenient for short check-ins or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options let people fit care into work breaks, home routines, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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