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About Melissa
Melissa Miller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience. She practices in Florida and works with adults on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and grief.
She helps people who are coping with life changes, burnout, or compassion fatigue. Melissa also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and mood concerns like bipolar disorder and panic attacks. Her work often addresses practical problems such as communication difficulties, career stress, and the strain of caregiving.
Melissa uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most pressing. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy approaches to help clients develop skills for emotion regulation, problem solving, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns. Sessions focus on concrete steps and tools that a person can practice between meetings.
She pays attention to how daily routines, parent responsibilities, and role demands affect mood and energy. That can include exploring boundaries, coping strategies for parenting stress, and ways to manage overwhelming days. Melissa aims to make sessions readable and useful, not full of jargon.
Her background includes work with adults across a range of concerns tied to aging, caregiving, divorce and separation, postpartum adjustments, and end-of-life matters. People who reach out can expect collaborative planning, skill-building, and direct feedback to help them move forward.
How sessions work
How Melissa uses CBT and DBT in online work
CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves noticing unhelpful thinking, testing those thoughts, and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. DBT emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help with intense moods, anger, and relationship difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Melissa will work together with the client to decide whether CBT, DBT, or a mix of both fits best based on current goals and what feels most useful. That collaborative decision can shift as needs change over time.
Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions around busy days and reducing travel time so it is easier to keep appointments. The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions let them use therapy tools in real life between meetings and make it simpler to schedule brief check-ins when needed.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Florida, Virginia, Nevada, Oregon
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Melissa works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would she approach my situation?
She uses practical conversation plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to build skills for handling emotions and changing unhelpful thoughts.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience as a clinician.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Virginia and practicing in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are offered.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.