About Melanie
Melanie Griffin helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, addiction, trauma, relationship strain, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, or career and life transitions. She is Melanie Griffin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She draws on 16 years of experience to support people through hard periods.
Melanie uses straightforward, practical approaches that focus on the person in front of her. She listens first and builds on each person’s strengths.
How Melanie works
Sessions often include goal-setting, real-world coping skills, and steps you can try between meetings. Her background includes work in crisis intervention, trauma, addictions, geriatric care, adolescent services, and community mental health. That experience shapes how she responds to sudden changes, intense stress, and ongoing struggles that affect daily life.
Melanie blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. She also uses motivational interviewing to support change and trauma-focused methods when past harm is part of the story. These approaches are applied in simple, concrete ways during sessions.
People who choose her can expect a calm, empathetic style and a focus on practical steps. She welcomes questions about how therapy will work and what to try first. Scheduling is done online and sessions can take place by video, phone, chat, or messaging.
Melanie lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Melanie works with
The areas below are the ones Melanie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Melanie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person as an individual. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what is said, and helps build on existing strengths to address stress, life transitions, or self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that make problems worse. Sessions include practical exercises and homework to try new ways of thinking and acting for issues like anxiety, depression, and mood concerns.
Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify their goals and find motivation to change behaviors such as substance use. It uses short, guided conversations to strengthen commitment and plan small steps toward change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where feedback shapes the path forward.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or brief coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and keep progress moving forward.
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