About Melissa
Melissa Pitts Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with 16 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, and life changes. Melissa aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk and find practical ways forward.
She takes a straightforward, collaborative approach. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on steps that can be tried between meetings. Melissa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
How Melissa works
She uses Solution-Focused therapy to build small, achievable goals and Motivational Interviewing to support readiness for change. Mindfulness practices are offered as tools for managing intrusive thoughts, sleep problems, and emotional overwhelm. Melissa also brings experience from community mental health and tribal behavioral health settings into her work.
That background informs how she listens and adapts to each person’s needs. Sessions often include conversational coaching around career stress, parenting strain, relationship concerns, and rebuilding after loss or trauma. Melissa emphasizes skills people can use day to day, such as grounding techniques and behavior-focused experiments.
She invites clients to try methods and adjust them until they fit. Her style is practical, warm, and goal-oriented. People who want clear steps and empathetic support find her approach accessible.
Melissa encourages taking small, steady actions toward better coping and greater self-acceptance.
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.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes that can improve mood and reduce anxiety. CBT is practical and focused on skills you can practice between sessions.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term goals and build on what already works in your life. This approach is useful when you want quick, actionable steps to tackle specific problems. Motivational Interviewing is used to support people who are ambivalent about change, helping them find internal reasons to move forward.
Melissa will collaborate with each person to decide which approach or combination fits best. Together they review goals, try methods, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Finding a good fit is an ongoing conversation rather than a one-time decision.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat can fit quick coaching, short reflections, or support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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