About Maureen
Maureen Harris is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York who centers her work on practical, person-focused support. She meets people where they are and offers clear tools to help with stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and life changes. Maureen uses straightforward talk and skill-building so clients can begin to feel better between sessions.
She brings 12 years of experience across outpatient and inpatient settings, college counseling, group work, life coaching, and care management.
Background and approach
That background gives her familiarity with addiction concerns, family dynamics, workplace strain, and seasonal mood shifts. Maureen also supports people dealing with relationship strain, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. In sessions she emphasizes the client's lead role and practical steps.
She blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift how people act and feel. She adds Motivational Interviewing to tap into existing reasons for change and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term goals and track progress. Appointments include skills practice, goal planning, and brief troubleshooting for hard days.
Maureen explains concepts in plain language and helps clients try techniques between sessions. She aims to make therapy useful and down-to-earth. Maureen works in English and practices in New York.
Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, designed for people seeking hands-on strategies for recovery, mood management, and clearer direction in life.
How Maureen’s Approaches Work Online
Maureen uses clear, evidence-based methods you can work with over video, phone, chat, or text. Client-Centered Therapy means she follows the client’s lead and focuses on listening without judgment to help people name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so clients can practice small changes that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then choose techniques together. That collaborative process makes it easier to try methods that fit someone’s life and to adjust when needed.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or a good choice when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins, coaching-style support, and progress notes easy to fit into a busy day. These options help people use therapy in ways that match their schedule and energy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English