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Harris Psychological Services

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315-810-2770

Harris Psychological Services

Harris Psychological ServicesHarris Psychological ServicesHarris Psychological Services
  • Home
  • About Me
  • My Approach
  • Services
    • Areas of Expertise
    • Individual Therapy
    • Adult Family Therapy
    • Couples Therapy
  • FAQs
  • Make an Appointment

Welcome

Psychotherapy for Meaningful and Lasting Change

Psychotherapy for Meaningful and Lasting ChangePsychotherapy for Meaningful and Lasting ChangePsychotherapy for Meaningful and Lasting Change

Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, & Adult Family Therapy

You may have a good understanding of yourself and still find that certain patterns are difficult to change. You may feel anxious, overwhelmed, depressed, or stuck. You may be struggling in your relationships, adjusting to a major life transition, coping with painful experiences, or finding that the ways you have managed in the past are no longer working.


I am a clinical psychologist who works with individuals, couples, and adult families to better understand the emotional and relational patterns shaping their lives. My approach is thoughtful, active, and collaborative. Together, we work to understand what is contributing to your difficulties, why certain patterns persist, and what meaningful change might look like for you.


In-person psychotherapy in Livingston, New Jersey, and teletherapy for patients located in New Jersey, New York, and participating PSYPACT states.

Ready to take the next step?

Reach out to schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation call with Dr. Harris.

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You May Be Looking for Therapy Because...

You are successful and capable in many areas of your life, but privately feel anxious, overwhelmed, dissatisfied, or stuck. 


You understand your patterns intellectually, but insight alone has not helped you change them. 


ADHD or executive functioning difficulties affect your work, relationships, organization, or ability to follow through on the things you want to do. 


You are navigating a major life transition and questioning what you want, who you are becoming, or how to move forward. 


You and your partner keep having the same arguments, feel increasingly disconnected, or understand your problems but cannot seem to change the pattern between you. 


Your relationships with your parents, adult children, siblings, or other family members are complicated, painful, distant, or increasingly difficult to navigate. 


You want therapy that provides space for reflection while also helping you think differently about yourself, your relationships, and the patterns that have become difficult to change.

Ways to Work with me

Individual Therapy

People come to individual therapy when something in their emotional life, relationships, or circumstances has become difficult to understand or change. You may have a clear sense of what is wrong but feel unsure why the problem persists — or what would actually help.


My work with individuals is collaborative and tailored to the person rather than organized around a single diagnosis or predetermined treatment formula. Together, we work to understand the patterns, relationships, experiences, and circumstances contributing to your difficulties and create meaningful changes in how you experience yourself, your relationships, and your life.

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Couples Therapy

Couples often seek therapy after realizing that their attempts to solve a problem have become part of the problem itself.


You may repeatedly have the same arguments, feel emotionally disconnected, struggle to communicate about important issues, or find that resentment, mistrust, intimacy concerns, or longstanding differences have become increasingly difficult to address.


Couples therapy provides an opportunity to understand the patterns that develop between partners, including how each person's experiences, vulnerabilities, expectations, and ways of protecting themselves shape the relationship.


I help couples move beyond repeatedly debating the content of their conflicts to better understand the dynamics that keep those conflicts going. Together, we work toward meaningful changes in how partners understand, respond to, and relate to one another.

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Adult Family Therapy

Family relationships can remain deeply important throughout adulthood—and can also become sources of longstanding conflict, resentment, guilt, distance, and pain.


I specialize in working with adult children and their parents, adult siblings, and other adult family relationships. Families may seek therapy because of recurring conflict, estrangement or threatened estrangement, difficult boundaries, enmeshment, or unresolved experiences from earlier stages of family life. Others are struggling with caregiving disagreements, longstanding family roles, or patterns that have persisted despite repeated attempts to change them.


Adult family therapy provides a structured setting in which family members can better understand the relationships and patterns that have developed over time and work toward different ways of communicating, responding, and relating to one another.

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areas of expertise

People do not always fit neatly into diagnostic categories, and the reasons people seek therapy are often complex.


I work with adults experiencing a range of emotional, relational, and life concerns, including:


Anxiety, Panic, and Emotional Overwhelm
Worry, overthinking, panic, perfectionism, and difficulty tolerating uncertainty.


Depression and Feeling Stuck
Low mood, self-criticism, dissatisfaction, and loss of meaning.


Relationship Difficulties and Recurring Interpersonal Patterns
Conflict, boundaries, attachment, trust, resentment, and recurring relationship patterns.


ADHD and Executive Functioning Difficulties
Attention, organization, procrastination, overwhelm, follow-through, and emotional regulation.


Trauma and Difficult Life Experiences
The lasting impact of painful or destabilizing experiences.


Life Transitions, Identity, and Parenthood
Major changes in identity, relationships, careers, and family roles.


Addiction and Compulsive Behavior
Alcohol, substance use, gambling concerns, and compulsive behaviors.


Cancer and Serious Illness
Support during treatment, remission, serious illness, and caregiving.

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Understanding Why Patterns Persist

Many people begin therapy because they want something to change.


They may want to feel less anxious, respond differently in relationships, stop repeating a behavior they understand but cannot seem to change, make an important decision, or find a different way of navigating a difficult situation.


But meaningful change is not always straightforward.


Our ways of thinking, feeling, and relating to other people develop over time. They are shaped by temperament, experiences, relationships, family dynamics, cultural contexts, and the ways we have learned to adapt to difficult circumstances.


Some patterns that once served an important purpose may eventually become limiting. Other patterns persist because they involve relationships, emotions, or conflicts that are more complicated than they initially appear.


Psychotherapy provides an opportunity to think carefully about these complexities.


My approach is informed by psychodynamic, relational, attachment-based, and family systems perspectives. I work collaboratively and actively with my patients to understand the factors contributing to their difficulties, recognize patterns that may be difficult to see from within them, and develop new ways of understanding and responding to themselves and others.


Insight is central to this work. Developing a deeper understanding of ourselves, our relationships, and the patterns that shape our lives can create new possibilities for how we think, feel, and respond. As therapy brings greater clarity to what has kept us stuck, that understanding can propel meaningful and lasting change.

About Dr. Harris

I am a licensed clinical psychologist providing individual therapy, couples therapy, and adult family therapy.


I earned my PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University. In addition to my clinical practice, I supervise doctoral psychology students at Derner and remain actively involved in professional and community initiatives related to mental health.


I am licensed to practice psychology in New Jersey and New York and am authorized to provide telepsychology through PSYPACT to patients located in participating jurisdictions.


My goal is to provide psychotherapy that takes the complexity of people's lives seriously: therapy that creates space for curiosity, reflection, and greater understanding while remaining focused on helping people make meaningful changes in their lives and relationships.

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Teletherapy Available Across Participating PSYPACT States

In addition to providing psychotherapy in New Jersey and New York, I am authorized through PSYPACT to provide telepsychology to patients located in participating jurisdictions.

Click here to view psypact participating states

Getting Started

Finding the right therapist is an important part of beginning psychotherapy.


I offer a complimentary 15-minute telephone consultation to learn more about what brings you to therapy, answer questions about my practice and approach, and consider whether working together may be a good fit.


If I believe another clinician or type of treatment would better meet your needs, I will discuss that with you and, when possible, help you think about appropriate next steps.


In-person psychotherapy is available in Livingston, New Jersey. Teletherapy is available for patients located in New Jersey and New York, as well as participating PSYPACT jurisdictions when clinically appropriate and permitted by applicable regulations.

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