About Melissa
Melissa Carriveau is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 20 years of experience in Massachusetts. She focuses on stress and anxiety, grief and loss, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Melissa aims to support people who are ready to make changes and find more meaning in daily life.
She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work. Sessions are collaborative and practical, with attention to what is useful right now.
How Melissa works
Melissa encourages small, manageable steps so progress feels possible rather than overwhelming. Her background includes two decades of direct client work across a range of emotional concerns. That experience shapes a flexible approach that adapts to where a person is in their journey.
Melissa draws on proven methods to help people build confidence and handle stressful transitions. She also addresses workplace stress, compassion fatigue, and matters tied to life purpose and midlife change. Melissa supports people exploring self-love and women's issues, and she helps clients clarify values and set realistic goals.
The focus is on practical coping skills and clearer thinking about next steps. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. Melissa works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She aims to make therapy fit into a busy life while helping people move toward more satisfying days.
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.
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Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-world changes. One common approach helps people learn coping skills for stress and anxiety through structured practice and gradual exposure to feared situations. This method builds confidence and reduces avoidance over time.Another useful approach centers on processing grief and loss by creating space to tell the story, name emotions, and find ways to remember what matters. Work in this area often includes practical rituals and steps to rebuild routines and meaning after a loss.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing reflections between sessions. These options help people stay connected to care while balancing work, family, or travel.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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