Narissa Huntley

LCMHC

North Carolina

Warm, practical counseling focused on goals

Continue with Narissa

At a glance

Credentials

LCMHC

License

LCMHC, North Carolina / 13850

NPI

1710478441

Experience

6 years

Languages

English

Location

North Carolina

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

1. • Motivational approach
   • Client-centered care
   • Practical coping skills

   About Narissa

   Narissa Huntley uses a client-centered approach that helps people explore who they are and what they want from life. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with six years of direct counseling experience. Narissa writes in a warm, interactive style and aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for conversation.

   Narissa has supported children, teens, and adults in a range of settings. Her background includes private practice, home-based care, schools, homeless shelters, and community mental health agencies. She helps people with anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, and stress-related struggles.

   Her work draws on Motivational Interviewing and cognitive behavioral ideas, along with mindfulness and narrative approaches. Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings, and on noticing what matters to you most. Narissa avoids stigmatizing labels and centers each conversation on the person in front of her.

   She also addresses concerns such as self-esteem, relationship strain, anger, career questions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional topics she can talk through include blended family issues, divorce and separation, caregiver stress, impulsivity, and feelings of emptiness.

   Narissa emphasizes collaboration when setting goals and creating a plan. She supports people who want clearer direction, better coping skills, or more motivation to make changes. If someone decides to begin, she helps them take the next concrete steps toward those goals.

2. Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

   Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and builds momentum one step at a time. It uses curious, nonjudgmental conversation to strengthen a person's motivation and practical commitment to goals. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and respect so the person feels heard and understood while deciding what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small behavior changes to reduce distress and improve problem-solving.
   
   Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify needs, priorities, and what feels most helpful. Sessions can shift over time as goals change, blending techniques to suit the person's situation.
   
   Confirm the session formats offered before booking, as current options are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, avoid travel time, and keep shorter check-ins when those are most helpful. It can also allow for video or audio conversations when seeing someone in person is difficult, and supports continuing work between meetings through homework and brief goal-focused plans.

4. Areas of expertise

   Primary focus

   Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

   Also works with

   Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

   Additional focus areas

   AbandonmentBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

   Therapeutic approaches

   Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

   Experience

   6+ years

   Listed in

   North Carolina

   Languages

   English

5. Frequently asked questions

   What concerns does this therapist help with?

   She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, anger, career questions, ADHD, and related issues.

   What is the therapist's overall approach and style?

   Narissa uses a warm, interactive, client-centered style and combines Motivational Interviewing, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, existential and narrative elements to tailor sessions to each person.

   How much clinical experience does she have?

   She has six years of experience providing direct mental health counseling in settings such as private practice, schools, home-based care, homeless shelters, and community mental health agencies.

   What are her credentials and where is she located?

   She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, licensed in North Carolina and provides services from that state.

   Which languages are sessions offered in?

   Sessions are offered in English.

   Can international clients work with this therapist?

   International clients are not currently accepted.

   How does payment and cost work?

   Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

   How do I begin if I want to work together?

   Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

Back to all therapists