Isabelle Harris, M.Ed., LPC

About

Isabelle Harris, M.Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor at Expand Psychology who works with children, adolescents, and adults. She brings a warm, collaborative, and thoughtful approach to therapy and believes that meaningful change begins with a strong and trusting therapeutic relationship. Isabelle strives to create a space where clients feel understood and partners with individuals to navigate life’s challenges, deepen self-understanding, and move toward a life aligned with their values.

With adults, Isabelle particularly enjoys working with individuals who may feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, perfectionism, self-criticism, overthinking, or avoidance, as well as those navigating relationships, grief, identity exploration, and significant life transitions. Her work balances practical strategies for managing distress with deeper exploration of the experiences, relationships, and patterns that shape how clients understand themselves and relate to others.

With children and adolescents, Isabelle uses a developmentally responsive approach that incorporates creativity, play, skill-building, and collaboration with parents when appropriate. She supports young people in better understanding and expressing their emotions, building confidence, tolerating discomfort, and developing healthier ways of responding to anxiety and other challenges.

Specialization

Isabelle works with children, teens, and adults experiencing anxiety, OCD, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, low self-esteem, relational concerns, perfectionism, emotional regulation difficulties, and trauma. She has a particular interest in helping clients better understand patterns that may no longer be serving them while developing greater flexibility and moving toward lives that feel more meaningful and aligned with their values.

Isabelle tailors treatment to each client and integrates evidence-based and insight-oriented approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), relational and psychodynamic approaches, and mindfulness-based interventions. She is also trained in SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) and works with parents to better understand and respond to childhood anxiety while supporting their child’s growing independence and confidence.

Education, Training, and Professional Experience

Isabelle earned both her Bachelor’s degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and her Master’s degree in Counselor Education from the University of Virginia, where she also completed advanced coursework in clinical mental health counseling. She began her career as a school counselor with Fairfax County Public Schools, providing individual counseling and collaborating closely with parents, teachers, and school staff to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development.

Isabelle later transitioned into private practice, where she has expanded her clinical work to support individuals across the lifespan. Her background in both school-based and private practice settings informs her collaborative, individualized approach and her understanding of clients within the broader contexts of their lives.