About Melva
Melva Hartzog helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. She also supports concerns like self-esteem, relationship and intimacy questions, career strain, anger, and coping with life changes. Melva is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, based in Pennsylvania and works in English.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes. She also uses existential ideas to explore meaning and motivation when life feels confusing.
How Melva works
Melva pays attention to spiritual and cultural concerns when they matter to a person. She has a Master of Divinity background and can integrate Christian or spiritual perspectives into sessions when a client wants that. She emphasizes understanding each person’s beliefs rather than promoting any particular view.
Sessions aim to be warm and nonjudgmental. Melva focuses on listening first, then helping a person set small, usable goals. Work can include learning coping skills for panic or anger, building self-compassion, and making choices that match personal values.
People can expect calm, direct conversation and practical tools. With three years of clinical experience, Melva combines talk-based exploration with activities such as mindfulness practice and skills from cognitive behavioral work. Her approach centers on helping people move toward clearer decisions and more manageable day-to-day coping.
Melva lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Melva works with
The areas below are the ones Melva selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approach and online options for meaningful change
Melva uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test practical changes in behavior, which is useful for anxiety, panic, and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy is offered to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, helping with stress, rumination, and self-criticism. Existential Therapy is used when questions about meaning, purpose, or life direction come up; it supports exploring values and making choices that feel authentic.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with a person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, then suggest methods to try. Sessions can blend approaches so the work fits what the person needs in the moment.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different rhythms and schedules. Video lets people see facial cues for deeper conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress consistent across time and place.
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