About Melissa
Melissa Romain is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio. She brings 15 years of experience helping people understand their thoughts and feelings and find practical ways to cope. Melissa uses straightforward language and calm guidance to help people take the next step when life feels overwhelming.
She draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to focus on relationships and personal strengths. Melissa also uses mindfulness and psychodynamic approaches to notice patterns and build awareness.
How Melissa works
Solution-focused techniques help people set short-term goals and practice new behaviors between sessions. Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, parenting strain, relationship and communication problems, and coping with major life changes. Melissa also addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, adoption and foster care questions, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and body image struggles.
Melissa has worked in outpatient counseling and residential treatment settings, which informs how she tailors support to each person. She values helping people gain insight into their reactions and try different ways of managing emotions and behavior. Her style is grounded, empathic, and focused on practical steps.
Outside of clinical work she teaches as an adjunct instructor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. She enjoys yoga, kickboxing, weight training, and time with her senior Pomeranian, Stanley.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Melissa blends attachment-based work and client-centered care to help people understand how relationships shape feelings and behavior and to center the persons own goals. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people change how they relate when old responses cause pain. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and building on each person's strengths to guide change.She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without judgment, which can reduce reactivity and support clearer choices. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people read facial cues and have a deeper conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, live chat allows more immediate back-and-forth, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
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