About Melanie
Melanie Roum is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Louisiana who blends practical therapy methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and depression. She speaks plainly and focuses on helping people take realistic steps toward change. Melanie invites clients to use their strengths as tools during the work.
Her approach often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She uses these methods to teach coping skills, manage intense emotions, and shift unhelpful thinking.
How Melanie works
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when they fit a person's goals. With 15 years of experience, Melanie has worked with a wide range of life issues. She addresses relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem struggles, and mood concerns including bipolar disorder.
She also helps people navigating addiction, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems. Melanie often helps people tackle communication problems, codependency, abandonment and attachment issues, blended family stress, and the fallout of divorce or domestic violence. She also supports those coping with natural or human-caused disaster and other major life changes.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She explains practical exercises and encourages small, steady changes. People work on skills in sessions and practice them between meetings to build momentum.
Melanie lists 10 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic tools for online care
Melanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping in daily life. ACT helps people notice difficult feelings while committing to actions that match their values, which can be useful for stress, coping with change, and long-term goals.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation and strong reactions are a concern. DBT teaches practical skills for managing intense feelings, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process; Melanie works together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to keep making progress. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills training and real-time feedback. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when written reflection feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, and everyday life.
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