About Melissa
Melissa Murray is a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia who focuses on anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She brings 12 years of experience and a respectful, compassionate approach to each session. Melissa aims to help people become the best version of themselves through practical conversation and steady support.
Melissa centers sessions on the person in front of her. She creates a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about what feels hard.
How Melissa works
Meetings are tailored to each person's needs and paced to match what they can handle right now. Her work draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past bonds shape current relationships. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the client's goals in charge of the process.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are offered to help with specific symptoms like anxiety or intrusive thoughts. Melissa has treated a wide range of concerns including ADHD, OCD, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing career stress, parenting strain, gender dysphoria issues, and end-of-life caregiving matters.
Her scope includes both mood and behavioral challenges like bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. Sessions are available in English and offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Melissa holds the LCSW and CSW credentials and practices under Georgia LCSW licensure.
Starting therapy begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to therapist availability.
Melissa lists 6 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
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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 uses Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when helpful. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people notice and change unhelpful interaction habits. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the client's goals and perspective front and center, so sessions follow what matters most to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers concrete tools to manage anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and behavior patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on how things are going rather than assuming a single fit from the start.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and visual connection, while phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on real progress.
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