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Melissa Averett, LPC

Stress, Anxiety Self esteem, Motivation Depression Coping with life changes
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

My name is Melissa Averett. I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor. I earned my Master Degree in Education Counseling at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2008. I’ve worked 4 years in a residential setting with woman recovering from addiction. I also worked 9 years providing outpatient counseling to adults for wide range of struggles and mental illness. I help Clients that have experienced the trauma of divorce begin the healing and forgiveness process. I use Person Centered Counseling to build rapport and help my clients identify their counseling need and set counseling goals. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Restructuring to help clients identify, dispute and restructure maladaptive thoughts into healthier thoughts and beliefs. I like to teach my clients about healthy boundaries, how to improve self esteem, choices and consequences, healthy coping skills and assertive communication skills to improve relationships. I will make a great effort to demonstrated warmth and empathy as we work on difficult issues toward your therapeutic goals.

Professional experience

13 yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Self esteem, Motivation Depression Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

LA LPC 4551

Reviews

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We got a long well.

Written on Jun 16, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety

She’s phenomenal !!

Written on May 14, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Awesome

Written on Apr 21, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Melissa is an amazing therapist! I am very blessed to have her as my counselor.

Written on Mar 03, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and grief

Melissa is terrific. I've been with her a year now and look forward to her insights every session.

Written on Jan 14, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and self esteem

Melissa has been extremely helpful during some very difficult times in my life. I very much appreciate her and I would recommend her to anyone!!

Written on Nov 18, 2024 after therapy with Melissa for 1 year and 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd