About Melissa
Melissa Laneaux is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience working in Texas. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She aims to give practical tools and steady support in a straightforward, compassionate way.
Melissa creates a calm, predictable session structure so conversations can focus on what matters most. She listens closely and helps clients spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors. That often leads to small, usable changes people can try between sessions.
How Melissa works
Her work addresses a wide range of issues, including trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and intimacy-related struggles. She also supports people dealing with body image, feelings of emptiness, guilt, and loneliness. Melissa helps people process post-traumatic stress, self-harm urges, and issues connected to substance use.
In sessions she blends person-focused listening with concrete skills. She draws on approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused methods. That mix lets her tailor strategies to each person’s needs and goals.
Melissa values collaboration and clear goals. She helps clients set doable steps, track progress, and adapt when life changes. Her approach aims to build resilience and stronger self-understanding over time.
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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.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people feel heard. It supports people who need a space to sort out feelings and make sense of life changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and lift mood. It is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and many mood-related problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest strategies that fit. That collaborative process helps match methods to the problem at hand rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on the go. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions, and quick skill reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats to see what works best.
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