About Melissa
Melissa Moore is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with ten years of experience in the field. She practices from North Carolina and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Melissa also supports people coping with trauma, grief, parenting strain, mood disorders, and workplace challenges.
She trained in counseling psychology and mental health counseling and has worked in community agencies, hospitals, schools, and in-home settings.
How Melissa works
That range of settings gave her experience with many kinds of life stresses and cultural backgrounds. Melissa draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what each person needs. In sessions she aims for a warm and steady presence.
She helps clients name problems, notice patterns, and learn practical skills for changes that matter. She also works with deeper life stories that shape feelings and behavior, using talking and reflection to make sense of difficult experiences. Melissa offers a mix of short-term problem solving and longer exploration depending on the issue.
She uses tools like behavior-focused strategies, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to help people move toward their goals. She also addresses specific concerns such as ADHD symptoms, postpartum mood changes, and compassion fatigue. Her style is collaborative and practical.
Melissa helps people set clear goals, try small changes between sessions, and track progress. She encourages self-compassion and rebuilding routines that support better sleep, mood, and relationships.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Melissa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on concrete skills for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood regulation.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple awareness and grounding practices that reduce rumination and help manage stress. Mindfulness techniques can be short exercises to calm the body and steady attention.
Motivational interviewing is another approach she uses to help people clarify what matters to them and find internal motivation for change. It is useful for managing life transitions, workplace shifts, and health-related behavior change.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. From there she blends methods and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and easier when a short check-in fits into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing support, quick reflections, or when writing feels helpful. These options let people access consistent care while fitting sessions into real life.
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