Counseling in Huntsville, AL for Adults Who Want to Live More Fully
You Don’t Have to Live in Survival Mode
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in cycles of anxiety and shutdown, you’re not broken—your system has been trying to protect you.
There is another way to live. And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Liz offers counseling in Huntsville, AL and online that offers a slower, more grounded approach to healing—one that helps you breathe again and reconnect with yourself.
Many of my clients come in saying things like:
“I feel like I’m never doing enough, no matter how hard I try.”
“I can’t relax unless everything is done.”
“I’m the one everyone relies on.”
“I feel guilty resting or saying no.”
“I don’t know what I need anymore.”
“I overthink everything.”
“I’m good at taking care of others, not myself.”
“I feel stuck on autopilot.”
Liz Harbin, LPC
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
Aetna
60 min Individual Session
$150
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Accepting New Clients
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Times listed below reflect appointment start times.
Mondays: 12PM-4:30PM
Tuesdays: 12PM-5PM
Wednesdays: 12PM-5PM
Thursdays: 12PM-5PM
Fridays: CLOSED
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liz.h.lpc@endeavorcounseling.org
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Licensed Professional Counselor
Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Auburn University
Trained Approaches: EMDR, Brainspotting, Lifespan Integration Level 2, and Somatic Experiencing
When Pushing Through Isn’t Working Anymore
Welcome!
My name is Liz, an I’m a trauma therapist in Huntsville, AL, offering therapy for adults who grew up feeling like they had to be the strong one, the responsible one, the peacekeeper, or often think “why do I react like this?”, and now feel anxious, stressed, self-critical, or exhausted from always holding it together. I help you in untangling old survival stories so you can feel steadier, clearer, and more at home in yourself.
I help clients shift out of pushing for perfection and tying their worth to productivity, being the “responsible one” & masking their own needs by helping clients learn to regulate their nervous system, understand what they are feeling, and build a steadier, more trusting relationship with themselves.
Over time, many notice less anxiety & stress, making different choices that support them rather than deplete, but also shifts in their relationships, boundaries, and the way they talk to themselves.
Who I Work With
I specialize in helping adults who either grew up environments that were inconsistent, unpredictable, dysfunctional or have experienced chronic dysfunctional systems and now feel:
They have to mask their needs in order to perform or meet expectations
Constant pressure to push through
Over-responsible
Constantly on edge or irritable
Overthinking, ruminating, or replaying past conflicts
Guilty for prioritizing themselves
Stuck trying to please others
Feeling like you’re never enough or never measuring up
How We Work Together
In our work, we slow down and get curious. We track what is happening in your body and use imagery, metaphors, somatic tools, and grounded conversation to make sense of your internal world. I blend training in various trauma focused approaches to support this process. These approaches help you build capacity rather than pushing harder, allowing your body to learn it does not have to stay on high alert or earn rest.
My Approach
My approach is somatic, relational, and trauma-informed. I use a combination of neuroscience education and focused techniques like somatic therapy, EMDR, brainspotting, and lifespan integration to target deeper areas of the brain where a lot of these patterns are being held. I blend these techniques with grounded conversation and exploration of the innermost parts and versions of oneself that have been overworking, neglected, or abandoned, and help co-create new narratives and meaning that build self trust and confidence that is rooted in authentic and steadier sense of self.
I offer a warm and steady presence grounded in the belief that your system has been doing its best to protect you. Together, we create the conditions for something different—something slower, gentler, and more like being with yourself rather than fighting yourself. Therapy becomes a place where you can arrive as you are and start to feel more present, balanced, and capable of moving through life with self-trust.
You don’t have to keep pushing through alone. Reach out to Liz for a free 15 minute consultation to learn somatic and mindfulness tools that help you feel calmer, more grounded, and more like yourself.
Over time, clients report:
Less dread in the mornings
Less self critical
More confidence in setting boundaries and navigating intense emotions
Greater permission to be human rather than perfect
More compassion towards themselves and their story
A renewed sense of connection to themselves, even in a demanding world
Talk Less, Feel More: Therapy That Reaches Deeper Brain Patterns
If you tend to live in your head, talk therapy can sometimes keep you there. Traditional talk therapy often focuses on understanding your thoughts and experiences. That can be helpful, but for many people it is not enough.
The work I do goes beyond talking by gently engaging the nervous system and deeper parts of the brain that shape how safe, steady, and present you feel. We still talk, but we also work with the body, imagery, and felt experience so change is not just something you understand, but something you feel.
Getting out of your head
Rather than staying only in your head, sometimes it helps to step back from intense thoughts or emotions and look at them from the outside. By giving internal experiences some form outside of you, through use of mindfulness, simple imagery, symbols, or visual representations, they feel less overwhelming and easier to understand.
Regulating Your Nervous System
Learn to relate differently to anxiety, shutdown, and stress by noticing how they show up in your body and mind. I help you create space between you and what feels overwhelming, so regulation happens without forcing calm or numbing out.
Understanding Your Emotions
Instead of analyzing emotions endlessly, we use imagery and felt sense to clarify what different emotional patterns need and why they exist. This often brings relief, insight, and self-compassion—without pressure to “fix” anything.
Challenging Old Beliefs
Longstanding beliefs about productivity, perfection, or worth often formed as ways to cope. By externalizing these patterns through visual and experiential work, you can examine them from a steadier place and loosen their grip—rather than trying to think your way out of them.
Integrating Life Experiences
Using EMDR, Lifespan Integration, somatic practices, visualization, and grounded conversation, we help your system process past and present experiences so they no longer feel as charged or intrusive. Integration allows experiences to be held as part of your story, not something you’re still stuck inside.