About Melba
Melba (Fran) Roberts is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on grief, loss, and life-limiting illness while also addressing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Her approach centers on listening closely and meeting people where they are.
Fran spent much of her career working as a grief counselor in hospice settings. That experience shaped how she talks about loss and supports people through endings, major life changes, and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
She also works with issues like intimacy struggles, self-esteem, guilt, and forgiveness. Her practice draws from several well-known approaches, including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Sessions emphasize clear, practical steps and honest conversation rather than jargon.
Fran helps people name emotions and try manageable changes between meetings. Counseling with Fran often involves exploring feelings about grief and isolation, repairing communication patterns, and building coping skills for everyday life. She offers space for people to process strong emotions at a pace that feels safe.
Many clients find it useful to connect practical coping tools with deeper meaning work. Fran aims to support people dealing with caregiving strain, cancer-related concerns, hospice and end-of-life topics, and the ripple effects those experiences bring. Her style is compassionate and straightforward, focused on helping people find steadier footing after difficult events.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person and their experience at the center. The therapist listens with empathy, reflects feelings, and follows the client's pace to help them find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses clear exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Fran will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adapt methods over time. That means trying practical tools when needed and also allowing space for deeper exploration of meaning related to grief and life changes.
Online sessions make this mix of approaches more accessible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a way to fit therapy into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, share short updates, or use shorter reflections when that fits better. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can match the realities of daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English