Hi! My name is Melissa, and I am a licensed clinician in Arizona and Massachusetts with 24 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, attention issues, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, coping with grief and loss, and depression. In addition, I am very knowledgeable about goal-setting and helping my clients be able to manage their symptoms through the use of coping strategies and cognitive-behavioral therapy. I believe strongly that counseling provides the empowerment, acknowledgement, and validation that is necessary to help process feelings and work through concerns. I would love to be the therapist to help you today. Please contact me if you feel my experience would be a good fit for you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Professional experience
24 yrs in practice
Stress, AnxietyTrauma, AbuseGriefDepressionADHD
Additional areas of focus:Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Family problems, First responder issues, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Young adult issues
Services offered
Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging
License information
MA LMHC 5072
AZ LPC LPC-22731
Reviews
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BetterHelp should send me a tee shirt!! I have told many many health care providers here on Cape Cod, MA about BetterHelp. There are limited mental health options available here on “The SandDune”. Melissa has been very helpful and she is in sync with my local therapist. I can’t thank the BetterHelp organization enough.
Written on Jun 18, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 8 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse
I have had a few sessions with Melissa and she has been amazing so far. She listens to me, is respectful, provides wonderful insight into why I am responding in certain ways, and remembers all important details about everything I have told her so far (which is a lot). She also provides concrete tools/steps/actions that I can take to improve the way that I handle certain things. I would recommend Melissa to anyone and everyone - so grateful for her!
Written on May 19, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Melissa is fantastic.
Written on Feb 12, 2025 after therapy with Melissa for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Melissa is a wonderful communicator, problem solver, and great about scheduling. She has a warm personality, and knows how to help others.
Written on Jul 05, 2024 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
She is wonderful! I really needed someone to help me through my separation and how to deal with the verbal and emotional abuse I have endured the last few years. She is helping me one day at a time. I appreciate her support . Such a wonderful person
Written on Jun 29, 2024 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
We have met briefly but it's been a wonderful start so far.
Written on Jun 27, 2024 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and grief
Melissa has been an amazing support as I manage my grief and new life experience after my husband's untimely death. Her approach is stellar and I really feel like I needed her to get through this.
Written on Apr 01, 2024 after therapy with Melissa for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes
she is great
Written on Feb 18, 2024 after therapy with Melissa for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and anger management
Melissa is a well seasoned therapist who is clearly dedicated to her clients in the most professional and compassionate way. She has helped me learn a great deal about myself and how to navigate through some very tough family situations. I always felt supported, heard , and cared for during our sessions. Thank you, Melissa, for sharing your expertise with me, and I know you will continue to help others who are fortunate to meet with you!
Written on Sep 13, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, sleeping disorders, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Working with Melissa has been so incredibly helpful; it’s difficult for me to imagine how I could’ve navigated this past year without our weekly meetings. She’s deeply insightful, warm, and engaged, and I look forward to every session. I would highly recommend Melissa to anyone looking for a kind and sensitive listener with excellent advice.
Written on Aug 28, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem
We have just recently started working together but Melissa is supportive and I feel that we can create a great relationship to work through my troubles. She listens and offers advices and seems ready to jump right in even with the many things I have going on. She also makes herself available between sessions to offer support.
Written on Aug 21, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Melissa is a fantastic therapist! She is kind, thoughtful, and is great at connecting themes from our different sessions that I would have never thought to connect. She brings a fresh and healthy perspective to my problems and does a great job of balancing day-to-day problems with bigger underlying issues from the past. She is truly wonderful and I cannot recommend her enough!
Written on Jun 14, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
She has been a huge support to me in a really difficult time. She listens and has good input that always makes me look at a situation differently. I would highly recommend her to anyone.
Written on Apr 17, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, anger management, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
Melissa is incredibly insightful and receptive. She's been immensely helpful in identifying negative thought loops that reinforce downstream negative thoughts. I can't thank her enough for how helpful she's been to me in my journey.
Written on Apr 03, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Melissa is the therapist you hope you get matched with right off the bat. I have had a hand full of therapists the past 15 years, each of whom have helped me, but Melissa is on another level.
It seems that no matter what I throw at her, Melissa is ready to meet me. She is sharp and has an unmatched memory for details from previous conversations that she quickly connects to bring things full circle. She is compassionate, validating, and patient, while encouraging you to grow at the best pace you can.
Melissa has helped drastically improve my life in the past year and I would recommend her to anyone I know.
Written on Mar 20, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 8 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Great therapist, very inquisitive!
Written on Mar 05, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Melissa is a wonderful therapist who combines great expertise with sincere compassion and empathy. Her knowledge on trauma and its manifold expressions helps me to understand and heal myself step by step. She never judges and always has my back, which means so much to me. Melissa is authentic, kind, and gives great direction if I need it. I am so grateful for her!
Written on Jan 06, 2023 after therapy with Melissa for 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and family conflicts
Melissa was my second therapist for n Better Help. She is empathetic and ready to discuss and help with my issues. She provides many suggestions and tools and offers good perspectives. Highly recommend.
Written on Dec 29, 2022 after therapy with Melissa for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, and sleeping disorders
You have listened to me
Written on Dec 20, 2022 after therapy with Melissa for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Thank you so much great advice so far
Written on Oct 27, 2022 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning grief, self esteem, and adhd
I have had some sessions with Melissa so far. I changed few therapists before her and finally I am with someone who I like, who supports me and provides me with the feedback that is helping me understand my core. She is very smart, empathetic and non judgmental. I feel comfortable opening up to her and sharing my journey. I would highly recommend her.
Written on Sep 05, 2022 after therapy with Melissa for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
She has been very helpful validating my concerns around my job issues that I have had over the past year. She has been a good match.
Written on Aug 09, 2022 after therapy with Melissa for 1 month on issues concerning career difficulties
I really enjoy talking to Melissa and she is very supportive!
Written on Jul 11, 2022 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, addictions, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
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