My name is Melissa Pecano-Jones and I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California with over 14 years of experience providing clinical services to individuals in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. I provide quality care, encouragement, compassion, and support in a nurturing environment. I believe that for therapy to work well it’s important to feel comfortable with your therapists’ personality, approach, and style as to this sets the foundation for building a strong therapeutic relationship. I believe that therapy is most successful when a person is able and willing to do it in a supportive environment.
I work with the whole client, body, mind and spirit, to facilitate change and achieve emotional balance and well-being. It is a highly individualized, and collaborative course of treatment. I meet my client’s where they are at. I act as a guide, a support system, and a person who will challenge when I know they are ready to be challenged. I believe that each person has within them the tools to heal and sustain that healing. I believe in the capacity for change.
I look forward to working with you!
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Eating disorders, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coaching, Attachment issues, Avoidant Personality, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family Problems, Fertility Issues, First Responder Issues, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders , Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
IL LCPC 180.008609
CA LPCC LPCC13345
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Thank you Melissa for being a great counselor and helping me through my issues and understanding boundaries.
Written on Mar 10, 2021 after therapy with Melissa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes