About Melinda
Melinda Matney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 15 years of experience as a psychotherapist. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, and stressful life changes. Her background includes supporting those navigating relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem struggles, anger, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related concerns.
Her style is warm and interactive. She centers conversations on each person and treats them with respect and sensitivity.
How Melinda works
Melinda does not use stigmatizing labels and aims to create a judgment-free space for honest work. Her clinical approach blends cognitive-behavioral ideas, client-centered listening, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress-tolerance skills. She uses these tools to help people manage intense feelings, change unhelpful patterns, and cope with difficult events.
Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding what led to the problem. Melinda tailors sessions and treatment plans to each person’s needs. She meets clients where they are and adjusts pacing and techniques as progress unfolds.
The goal is to build skills that fit everyday life and bring clearer thinking and steadier mood. She invites people who are ready to make changes to take the first step. Melinda aims to support and empower clients through the process of recovery and growth.
What Melinda works with
The areas below are the ones Melinda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques for online care
Melinda draws on evidence-based approaches that focus on clear skills and steady progress. Cognitive-behavioral ideas help people identify and change thought and behavior patterns that feed depression and anxiety. Mindfulness and emotion-regulation practices teach ways to notice feelings and reduce their intensity without reacting immediately.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melinda works with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. She adjusts plans over time so methods feel useful rather than rigid or overwhelming.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical access. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from elsewhere when travel is hard. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for brief check-ins, reminders, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep momentum between appointments.
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