About Melissa
Melissa Button is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She keeps the first meetings simple and focused on what matters most to each person. Melissa uses steady, practical support so people can start feeling more effective in daily life.
She begins by building rapport and learning what a person wants to change. That helps her and the client pick clear, doable goals.
How Melissa works
Sessions emphasize practical tools for coping, better communication, and stronger self-care habits. Melissa blends several approaches to match the person in front of her. She draws on client-centered methods to follow the client’s priorities, cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking, and DBT skills for managing strong emotions.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added when they fit the plan. Her work includes support for people dealing with caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, codependency, workplace problems, isolation, and mood disorders. She also helps with forgiveness, guilt, money worries, traumatic brain injury concerns, and social anxiety.
Melissa has 15 years of clinical experience and holds a New York LMHC license. She offers sessions in English and works with people who prefer video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect a person to her style and goals.
Melissa lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Melissa works with
The areas below are the ones Melissa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Melissa often uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person, letting the client set priorities and pace. This approach helps when someone needs support sorting goals, values, and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce worry and improve mood through clear exercises and homework.She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation or strong stress responses are present. DBT offers concrete techniques for managing intense feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which many people find useful during a crisis or ongoing stress. Together these approaches give options that fit different problems and learning styles.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods based on a person’s concerns, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying one approach first and adjusting as needed to better match progress and day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules. Video suits deeper conversational work, phone can be easier when internet is limited, and chat or messaging fits shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines.
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