Lanelle Hanagriff, LPC

Lanelle Hanagriff is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and self-esteem while also supporting issues related to adoption and foster care, forgiveness, and jealousy. Lanelle aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters most to them.

She uses straightforward conversation and gentle challenge to help clients set and meet goals. Sessions often begin with a clear goal and concrete steps to try between meetings. That practical emphasis is balanced with warmth and support so people feel heard while they work on change.

Her background includes private practice and group work, and she has used psychodrama in hospital and treatment settings earlier in her career. Today she blends approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered ideas to help clients notice thoughts, test beliefs, and try new behaviors.

Expect a collaborative process where the therapist asks direct questions to clarify patterns and invite new perspectives. Together they identify strengths and build on them to address current problems. Lanelle encourages realistic goals and small, steady steps toward greater fulfillment.

She offers online sessions for Texas residents and guides each person through a plan tailored to their needs. Starting therapy is framed as a practical choice - pick a goal, try an approach, and adjust as progress is made.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the client's lead so people feel understood and able to name their goals; it helps when someone needs time to talk through feelings and find their own direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical experiments to test unhelpful beliefs and reduce anxiety or low mood. Imago Relationship Therapy is used to improve communication and connection by helping partners understand underlying needs and practice new ways of speaking and listening.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try an approach for a few sessions, and adjust the plan together if something isn’t working. That collaborative stance means treatment changes to fit what the person actually needs, not a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comforts. Video is useful for full sessions with visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can support brief check-ins or reflection between meetings, and the mix of options makes it easier to keep therapy going around work or family life.