Phyllis Houston, LPC

Mississippi · 26 years in practice

Phyllis Houston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and relationship concerns.

License and registration

LPC, Mississippi: 0457 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1437374436 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 26
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Phyllis

Phyllis Houston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and relationship concerns. She welcomes questions about parenting strain, intimacy issues, career transitions, and coping after trauma or loss. Her approach aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful from the first session.

Phyllis focuses on listening closely and helping people name what matters to them. She uses talk-based methods that encourage insight and action.

Background and approach

Sessions often involve looking at current choices, patterns, and small steps that can feel doable day to day. Her background includes decades working with people facing complex life changes and painful experiences. That experience informs practical ways to manage emotions like anger, shame, or fear and to rebuild confidence and direction.

She also addresses issues such as caregiver stress, codependency, abandonment, and first responder concerns. In the therapy room she blends gentle exploration with real-world problem solving. Methods include client-centered conversations, cognitive techniques to change unhelpful thoughts, emotionally focused work around attachment and closeness, and existential ideas about meaning and choice.

Motivational interviewing is used when extra support is helpful for taking steps toward goals. Sessions are offered from Mississippi and carried out online or by phone, chat, or text. Phyllis explains the process, helps set clear goals, and works collaboratively so people leave each session with something practical to try.

Focus 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

Approaches Phyllis names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Existential therapy helps people look at meaning, choice, and what matters most in their lives. It can be useful when someone feels empty, stuck, or unsure about purpose and direction. Client-centered therapy centers conversations on the person’s experience, offering empathy and space to name feelings and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Phyllis will discuss goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that fit the person’s needs. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new priorities emerge.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations that benefit from seeing facial cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone wants written reflections to review later. These options help fit care into busy days and changing schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Phyllis help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship or parenting concerns. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, codependency, abandonment, and first responder issues.

What is her style in sessions?

Her style combines listening with practical problem solving. Sessions often mix reflective conversation with concrete steps to try between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 26 years of counseling experience working with diverse people and a long history helping clients manage life changes and emotional pain.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the LPC credential and practices from Mississippi.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are fees handled?

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

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