"It's worse to spend your life on the outside looking in, wondering what if, than it is to try and dare greatly and risk the chance of failure. Dare greatly; get in the arena and try." - Dr. Brene Brown

MY BACKGROUND

Melissa's mental health experience includes working with people as young as toddlers through adulthood. She has worked in school-based and office-based settings, both non-profit and for-profit.

Her treatment approaches primarily include:

- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT),

- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT),

- Family Systems approach,

- Mindfulness, and

- Solution-Focused Therapy

*She practices from a strengths-based, evidenced-based, and trauma-informed approach.

MY INTEGRATION STRATEGY

Her integrative mental health approach considers lifestyle factors (such as food and exercise) in addition to traditional psychotherapy. To learn more, visit the "services" page.