About Ngozi
Ngozi Harris is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable for someone nervous about the first step. She emphasizes the person's own strengths and supports practical steps toward a more satisfying life.
She frames therapy as a collaboration where the client knows their story best. Sessions focus on small, achievable changes that build confidence over time.
Background and approach
She encourages clear goals and practical strategies rather than lengthy theory discussions. Her approach pulls from several evidence-informed methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try out new thinking patterns.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take values-based actions. Trauma-Focused and Narrative approaches are available when past wounds shape present feelings. Over 12 years of work she has helped people navigate relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, workplace pressure, and mood challenges.
She also addresses concerns like body image, impulsivity, and feeling isolated. Clients often come with a mix of issues, and she helps sort priorities so progress feels realistic. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from Illinois.
Ngozi explains what to expect on the first call and partners with each person to build a plan that fits their life and schedule.
Therapy methods that fit your life online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and moving through life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting patterns of thinking that worsen mood or worry, then testing new responses in daily life to reduce distress and improve functioning. Narrative Therapy looks at personal stories and how they shape identity, helping people reframe painful events and build more empowering narratives.Choosing the right approach is a cooperative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try a few techniques, and adapt based on what feels helpful. Plans are reviewed regularly so sessions stay focused on realistic progress and the client’s priorities.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, journaling between sessions, or fitting support into a busy day. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, parenting, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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