About Iris
Iris Haze is a Texas-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She speaks plainly and listens closely, so parents and caregivers can describe what is happening without feeling judged. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at making it easier to take the next step when life feels overwhelming.
With thirty years of professional experience, Iris has supported people through addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, career change, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns like self-esteem, anger, bipolar mood issues, and problems tied to money or life purpose. She pays attention to the interpersonal patterns that often make problems repeat. In sessions she combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques.
That means she follows each person's lead while also offering clear strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions balance listening, practical skills, and goal-focused steps people can use between meetings. Iris is comfortable addressing sensitive topics such as domestic violence, divorce and separation, blended family challenges, and illness-related stress.
She also helps people cope with isolation, shame, and prejudice-related pain. Her work aims to restore daily functioning and help people find usable ways forward. People who want direct feedback and gentle challenge often find her style helpful.
She encourages small experiments between sessions and checks progress together. Iris holds a Texas LCSW and uses plain language to make therapy understandable and doable.
Approaches for online work and practical care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist provides empathy and reflection to help clients clarify their feelings and priorities, which is useful for issues like grief, identity, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches practical skills such as reframing negative thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and coping during life changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Iris will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She tailors steps and homework to the client's pace and checks in regularly to see what is helping.
Online formats give flexibility for different needs. Video calls are close to in-person sessions and useful for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick, ongoing support between appointments and can fit into busy days. These options make it possible to keep therapy consistent while balancing family, work, and health demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English