Phyllis Houston is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns.
01About Phyllis
Phyllis Houston is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She works with individuals facing parenting stress, career changes, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue. Her style is practical and warm, aimed at helping clients make clearer choices and feel more steady day to day.
Phyllis blends several therapy approaches to match each person's needs. She listens without judgment and helps people set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is happening now, how thoughts and feelings influence behavior, and on steps that can be tried between meetings. Her background includes an MS and long experience in counseling diverse people across many settings. That experience informs a straightforward approach to problem solving and emotional support.
Phyllis emphasizes clear thinking, coping tools, and building healthier relationship patterns. Typical work includes addressing family problems, codependency, abandonment, caregiver stress, domestic violence history, and first responder issues. She also helps with aging and geriatric concerns, fatherhood issues, and coping after disasters.
Treatment balances emotional understanding with practical actions to improve daily life. Therapy is offered remotely from Mississippi in English. Sessions use a flexible subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled to fit the client and therapist availability.
02Credentials
- LPC (Mississippi)
- License 0457 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1437374436 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Phyllis lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Phyllis names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Phyllis names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people find their own solutions for relationship strain, grief, and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and coping during life changes.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work with strong emotions that affect relationships. It can be useful for intimacy-related struggles and for improving how someone connects with others.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and work more interactively. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or when scheduling needs a flexible option. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy days.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens, helps set goals, and combines insight with hands-on strategies to try between sessions.
What is her background in counseling?
She has 26 years of counseling experience and a Master of Science degree. That long experience shapes a straightforward approach to emotional and practical problems.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practices from Mississippi and holds the LPC credential, listed as MS LPC in her profile.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and the therapist's availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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