About Melissa
Melissa Sherfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, or depression. Melissa aims to make the first step toward change feel more manageable and less intimidating.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about painful experiences. Conversations are practical and straightforward, aimed at identifying what feels stuck and what might help.
How Melissa works
Melissa supports people working through grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges tied to parenting or caregiving. Her practice also addresses intimacy-related concerns, relationship difficulties, and the fatigue that can come from caring roles. Melissa helps people who face chronic pain, chronic illness, or disability to find coping strategies that fit their daily life.
She also pays attention to issues like body image, attachment and commitment struggles. Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person’s needs. Sessions often include collaborative problem-solving and goal-focused conversations.
The therapist pairs practical tools with emotional support to help clients try new behaviors and track progress. People meet with Melissa by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She speaks English and practices in Oklahoma.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect prospective clients to her practice.
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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Therapeutic approaches and online care
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and real-life skills. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing out new, balanced thoughts to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps when worry, self-criticism, or negative assumptions make daily life harder.Another approach centers on managing strong emotions and building steady coping habits. It teaches practical tools for calming down, tolerating discomfort, and responding differently to triggers like anger or overwhelming stress. These techniques are useful for people coping with grief, trauma responses, or compassion fatigue.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and then try techniques that fit. If something isn't working, she will adjust the plan in collaboration with the client.
Online therapy with Melissa can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face interaction and visual cues, while phone work can fit a busy day with less bandwidth. Live chat and text messages are useful for brief check-ins or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to schedule sessions and keep continuity of care across life's changes.
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