About Harvey
Harvey Norris is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Louisiana with 35 years of experience. He focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Harvey aims to meet each person where they are and help them take small, steady steps forward.
He takes a warm, respectful approach in sessions. Conversations are straightforward and focused on concrete changes rather than labels. He listens for what matters most to the person and helps set realistic goals they want to reach.
Background and approach
Harvey uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation and on EMDR for people with traumatic memories. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas help when understanding life patterns and personal stories is useful.
Across decades of work he has supported people dealing with substance use, domestic violence, chronic illness, and the aftermath of disaster. He also pays attention to issues common to men, veterans, and those in the LGBT community when they come up in sessions. Practical coping strategies and steady goal-setting are central to his style.
Outside of work he has a long marriage and a lively household with five children and a terrier named Scruffy. That lived experience contributes to a down-to-earth, patient way of talking about change.
How Harvey’s approaches translate to online care
Harvey combines techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR to address symptoms and painful memories. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. EMDR involves guided processing of traumatic memories to reduce their intensity and the distress they cause.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest options to try together. Sessions can shift over time if one method seems more helpful than another, and treatment decisions are made with input from the person in care.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted, and chat or messaging fits brief check-ins or skills practice between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, across distances, or during times when travel is difficult.
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- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Florida
- Languages
- English