Harbor Counseling

10/21/2025

🌿Counselor Spotlight: Hallie Keel, M.S., LPC-S, RPT-S

We’re excited to shine a spotlight on Hallie Keel, one of our incredible therapists here at Harbor Counseling Services. Hallie brings warmth, experience, and deep compassion to her work with children, teens, and adults. As both a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S) and a **Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), Hallie creates a safe, engaging space where clients can process life’s challenges and rediscover their capacity for growth and connection.

Hallie offers Telehealth sessions for clients who prefer the flexibility and comfort of meeting virtually on top of her traditional in-person sessions, as well as Saturday availability to accommodate busy families and working professionals.

Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, your child, or your family, Hallie’s grounded and relational approach helps clients feel seen, understood, and empowered to make meaningful change.

✨Now accepting new clients for Telehealth and Saturday sessions!
📞 Call or email Harbor Counseling Services to schedule with Hallie today.

10/21/2025

There’s something simple yet deeply grounding about caring for another living thing, even something as small as our office fish. Taking a few quiet minutes to feed them, watch them swim, and notice their rhythm reminds us how connection and care don’t always need words.

At Harbor Counseling, we believe tending to others, whether it’s a pet, a plant, or a person, nourishes the soul just as much as it sustains life. 💙

10/02/2025

Sigmund Gnome – “Sometimes a skull blanket is just a skull blanket…”

I really do love how weird my job is.

09/29/2025

🐾✨ Mental Health Monday with Pippa! ✨🐾

If you’ve ever needed a reminder that joy can be found in the smallest moments, just watch Pippa, our Harbor Counseling office pup, zoom around like the world is her racetrack. 💨🐶

The zoomies are her way of letting out energy, shaking off stress, and reminding us that play is therapy too. Sometimes our bodies know what we need before our minds catch up….and a little movement, silliness, or laughter can go a long way.

Because let’s be honest, depression can’t hit a moving target. 💛

So this week, take a cue from Pippa:
💛 Let yourself play.
💛 Shake off the stress.
💛 Find joy in motion.

Your mental health matters—and sometimes healing starts with a wagging tail and a burst of zoomies. 🐕💛

09/26/2025

Happy Friday!!!

As you head into the weekend, remember this: taking care of your mental health is just as important as anything else on your to-do list. 💛

Therapy isn’t just for the hard days — it’s also a space to celebrate wins, learn new skills, and grow into the best version of yourself.

If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy (or coming back to it), let this be your sign ✨

📲 Scan our QR code below, shoot us an email, or give us a call to get started.

Here’s to rest, connection, and taking care of YOU this weekend.
— Harbor Counseling Services

09/09/2025

Super grateful for our community and what people are creating here! Y’all please show up this Saturday! We love Chelsea!

09/08/2025

Neely is so thankful to have the opportunity to share with our community! Thank you again!

Check out our newest column: Counselor's Corner with Neely Haynes from Harbor Counseling.

Read the full story here: https://issuu.com/bhamkidsandfamily/docs/chelsea_magazine_-_august_2025

08/28/2025

We want to congratulate our new mayor, Cody Sumners! 🎉 At Harbor Counseling, we couldn’t be more excited to see the way he’s already making mental health a priority for our community.

Every day, we see how much it matters when people feel supported, heard, and cared for, and having leadership that recognizes the importance of mental health is such a gift. Chelsea is growing, and this focus on mental health will make a real difference for families, kids, and individuals who call this place home.

Thank you, Mayor Sumners, for valuing this work and putting energy into making Chelsea not just a great place to live, but a community where people can truly thrive. We’re proud to stand alongside that vision and can’t wait to see all the good that comes from it. 💙

08/25/2025

This.

10:32 on a Sunday night. Most people would call it “unprofessional” to be responding right now. And maybe they’d be right. But here’s the truth: I procrastinated. I lingered too long on my walk. My hair is still wet. And by the time the day caught up with me, this tiny sliver of late-night quiet became the only pocket of time I had left to breathe, reset, and organize myself before the week begins again.

I’ve been at this long enough to know I can flip the professional switch when it matters… when clients need me, when staff depend on me, when deadlines demand focus. But the older I get, the more I realize life doesn’t always line up neatly inside “normal” business hours. Some of my clearest thoughts and truest resets happen in these in-between spaces, the twilight hours, when the world is quiet and my mind finally catches up with my heart.

Maybe that looks unprofessional. But I’ve learned that professionalism isn’t about obeying imaginary laws of when and how to work… it’s about caring, showing up, and being fully present when it counts. This late-night rhythm works for me. It’s where I recalibrate. It’s where I find space to remember why I do what I do.

So yes, it’s 10:32 on a Sunday, and I’m here. Not because I have to be, but because this is the only time I get to be fully myself. Sorting, preparing, breathing, and creating order before Monday comes crashing in. This is my Twilight Zone, my reset, and oddly enough, it’s where I find my balance.

Goodnight everyone. 🌙 ✨ 😴 🤍

08/21/2025

Did you know? Many Alabama families qualify for ALL Kids (Blue Cross Blue Shield) but end up on Medicaid or thinking they can only utilize their employer's insurance options.
Here’s the difference:
*Medicaid has very strict income limits and a limited provider network.
*ALL Kids covers higher incomes (up to ~$8,493/month for a family of 4), has low premiums/copays, and uses the BCBS PPO network—which means far more providers and specialists.

The median Alabama household income (~$52,000/year) actually falls within ALL Kids eligibility for most families!

Before assuming you only qualify for Medicaid or your employer's insurance, check if your family qualifies for ALL Kids! https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/allkids/

📍 Harbor Counseling Services | Birmingham, AL
📞 (205) 919-6537
📧 info@harborcounselingllc.com

**Disclaimer: This is for educational purposes only and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ALL Kids, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, or any government agency. Information is provided to help families understand possible coverage options. Please verify eligibility and benefits directly with ALL Kids or Medicaid.**

07/15/2025

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." -Yogi Berra

07/14/2025

Mental Health Monday
Short and sweet today. You have to deal with the root of what's going on with you. You create order, not peace. Peace is the fruit that you enjoy when you create stability through order.