MELISSA HARRIS

Dedicated Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 11 years of experience providing counseling services to at-risk youth, adults, couples, and families. Perceptive and empathetic counselor with proven history of equipping clients to gain victory over mental disorders. Armed with broad and current repertoire of therapy tools and intimate mastery of how and when to use each tool for client benefit. Motivated to empower clients by using a Christ-centered perspective with evidence-based clinical therapy.

• LMFT #CMF0217841, New Mexico
• LMFT #37559, California
• Trauma-informed Certification
• K-12 Educator (New Mexico and California)
• Level Three-B Administrator, New Mexico School Personnel Licensure
• Equine-Assisted Psychotherapist

Available Upon Request

• Biblical Counseling Program, Desert Springs Church, completed 12 weeks (2022) and currently enrolled for Jan. 2023
• The Body Keeps the Score - Trauma Healing through the Senses, Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk, 12/18/23 & 12/19/23
• Professional Development by Dr. Susan Drury in 2023: Helping Clients Deal with Anger, ADHD, and Mood Disorders
• Equine-assisted Psychotherapy - Certification & training provided by Loving Thunder, Corrales, New Mexico, 3/19/22 & 3/20/22
• Dr. Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Training, 6 weeks, 2/2022
• Advanced Empathic Listening Skills, Motivational Interviewing Training and Consulting, LLC (MITC), 11/30/2021
• Introduction to Motivational Interviewing, MITC, 10/12/2021, 10/19/2021
• Motivational Interviewing Training - Levels 1 and 2, 11/13/2021, 11/19/2021
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention, Law and Ethics, HIV & Aids, Spousal/Partner Abuse Detection and Intervention, Aging and Long-Term Care, 36, April 2021