About Melissa
Melissa Childers-White is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and life changes. She speaks plain language and works to create steps people can use right away. Her style is collaborative and paced to what each person needs.
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different responses. Conversations are aimed at clarifying goals, spotting patterns that get in the way, and building small habits that lead to change.
Background and approach
Sessions include gentle questioning, attention to thoughts and feelings, and development of concrete coping strategies. Melissa earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Her background includes a counseling internship that covered medical and cancer counseling and sex counseling.
Earlier studies in philosophy, psychology, and time abroad shaped her curiosity about different perspectives and cultures. Beyond counseling, she has experience in community work, art studio direction, and volunteer roles that informed her approach to problem solving and communication. Those varied experiences feed into flexible, creative ways to work on difficult issues.
She often emphasizes mindfulness practices, self-talk work, boundary setting, and healthy routines. Therapy with her focuses on one step at a time, building skills for coping, improving communication, and moving toward the goals each person sets.
Using CBT and Mindfulness in Online Work
Melissa draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people find and test the thoughts that influence their feelings and behaviors. CBT sessions usually involve identifying unhelpful thinking, trying small experiments to test those thoughts, and building practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and day-to-day stress.She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people notice sensations, emotions, and automatic reactions without judgment. Mindfulness tools can reduce reactivity, improve focus, and support emotion regulation during major life changes or grief.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Melissa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful, adjust plans as progress is made, and set clear, manageable goals together.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you work face to face for skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit quick check-ins or brief coaching during the week. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments, fit sessions around work or care duties, and continue momentum between live meetings.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English