About Melissa
Melissa Stahl is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She supports those navigating relationship concerns, grief, addiction, and major life changes. Melissa works with people on intimacy issues, eating concerns, and challenges tied to parenting and family problems.
Melissa practices with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She adapts conversations and treatment plans to each person's needs. Sessions aim to be practical and focused on real-life coping and decision making.
How Melissa works
She brings 11 years of professional experience and holds LPC and LMHC credentials. Those letters mean Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Her practice is based in Florida and she conducts sessions in English.
Melissa can help people address attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, codependency, and struggles with control or dependency. She also focuses on issues such as forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, and blended family transitions. Her approach centers on working together to set clear goals and try tools that fit daily life.
Melissa emphasizes small, achievable steps to build confidence and reduce overwhelm. She views the first step toward change as an act of courage and offers steady support along the way.
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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Evidence-informed approaches and online support
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress, teaching concrete breathing, grounding, and planning strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach targets relationship and attachment struggles by helping people understand patterns, practice clearer communication, and try different ways of connecting that feel safer and more effective.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try a few methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That teamwork makes it easier to find tools that fit a person’s life and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and speak in real time, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow brief updates and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules.
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