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.
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
MA LMHC 5072
AZ LPC LPC-22731
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Melissa Gilgun. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
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