About Eva
Eva "Melissa" Gadd focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. She meets clients where they are and works to make therapy practical and understandable. Melissa uses a warm, accepting style and centers sessions on each person's strengths and goals.
Melissa holds a Master of Social Work and practices as an LMSW. She brings 25 years of experience from medical social work and clinical settings in Michigan.
How Eva works
That background means she is familiar with transitions tied to health, caregiving, and changing roles in life. In sessions she blends straightforward tools and listening. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also draws on client-centered principles to keep conversations focused on what matters most to the person in front of her. Melissa often helps people facing grief, parenting stress, career crossroads, or struggles with sleep and mood. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and issues with shame or guilt.
Her work includes attention to addictions and impulse concerns when those are part of a person’s story. People can expect practical steps alongside empathetic listening. Melissa aims to help clients build skills they can use between sessions and to find clearer paths through difficult moments.
She welcomes people from Michigan and beyond who prefer to meet by video, phone, chat, or messaging.
Eva lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Eva works with
The areas below are the ones Eva selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approach-Focused Online Care
Melissa uses client-centered work to make sessions feel respectful and focused on each person's priorities. This approach means sessions are guided by the client's concerns and goals rather than a fixed agenda, which helps when people need support navigating life changes or grief.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns in thoughts and behaviors and to practice small, measurable changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep trouble, and panic symptoms because it gives concrete strategies to try between sessions. Emotionally focused ideas are used to help people notice and express core emotions and to work through painful relationship or intimacy-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different techniques to see what fits best. Together you will adjust methods over time so sessions stay relevant to your needs.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is low, live chat is helpful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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