About Melissa
Melissa Cumella is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona. She draws on five years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career struggles, and depression. Melissa treats each person as the expert on their own life and focuses on building strengths.
She aims to support clients through the courage it takes to seek change. Melissa uses practical, hands-on strategies in sessions to address problems people bring.
How Melissa works
She works with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help manage difficult thoughts and strong emotions. Sessions include skill practice, problem solving, and step-by-step plans that fit each person's life. Her style is direct and collaborative.
She listens closely and offers clear techniques to try between meetings. The work is goal-focused but paced to how comfortable the client feels. Melissa also helps people navigate big life changes, grief, and the impacts of trauma and abuse.
She offers ways to handle anger, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and eating concerns with practical approaches that reduce overwhelm. People who prefer straightforward guidance and concrete tools often find her approach useful. She supports clients who want to build confidence, improve coping, and move toward clearer goals in work and life.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Online approaches and how they help
Melissa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT breaks worries into manageable parts and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and low mood.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy techniques to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. DBT skills can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when reactions get in the way of goals.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk through goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past, then suggest techniques to try. The plan is adjusted based on what feels most useful for the individual.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions let therapists and clients work visually; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging make brief check-ins and skill coaching possible between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different rhythms of daily life.
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