Therapist profile
Melissa Stahl, LPC, LMHC
LPC and LMHC - relationships and parenting
Continue with MelissaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- Grief and loss
About Melissa
Melissa Stahl is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of clinical experience, licensed in Florida and Missouri. She focuses on common home and relationship stresses such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, and intimacy-related issues.
She helps people talk through everyday pressures and relationship tensions in straightforward sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on practical steps a person can try between meetings. Melissa aims to be respectful and sensitive while working alongside each client.
Her background includes supporting people facing major life changes, burnout, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses family-related concerns like blended family adjustments, communication problems, divorce and separation issues, and caregiving or aging-related stress. Melissa includes work on attachment and abandonment themes when those patterns show up in relationships.
When deeper trauma or abuse issues arise, sessions combine paced conversation and coping strategies to help manage strong feelings. She also covers concerns such as eating issues, bipolar disorder, and substance-related struggles, pairing symptom-focused ideas with real-world problem solving.
Sessions are organized around clear short-term goals and gradual progress. Melissa adjusts plans as needs shift and focuses on skills people can apply at home. She encourages small, concrete changes and regular check-ins to track what helps and what needs to change.
How sessions work
How Melissa’s approaches translate to remote sessions
Two evidence-based approaches she uses are cognitive methods and skills-focused coping work. Cognitive methods involve noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and negative self-talk. Skills-focused coping work teaches practical techniques for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and handling parenting and grief-related stress. A second approach is paced trauma-informed care for people who have experienced abuse or intense loss. This prioritizes gradual exposure to difficult memories while building steady emotion regulation skills. It can help people feel less overwhelmed by painful moments and better able to function day to day. Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels workable, and together they will adjust methods over time. This collaborative planning helps identify which tools are most helpful for a person’s specific concerns. Confirm current session options before booking, since the biography does not list formats explicitly. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent traveling to appointments. Talk with the therapist about how sessions can be scheduled to match work, caregiving, and other daily responsibilities.Areas of focus
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Florida, Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting issues, grief, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns among other topics.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and practical. Melissa focuses on current problems and attempts to help clients try concrete steps between meetings.
How many years has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of professional work experience as a counselor and mental health clinician.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and is licensed in Florida and Missouri. Her listed location is Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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