About Melissa
Melissa McLaurin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting or family concerns. She supports clients dealing with grief, anger, relationship struggles, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and life changes. Her work is practical and focused on what matters day to day.
Melissa uses a respectful, person-centered style in sessions. She listens first and asks questions to understand each person’s story.
Background and approach
From there she draws on tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches, and on solution-focused ideas, to build manageable steps forward. Her background includes a decade of clinical experience and a long history working with trauma and family-related issues. That experience shapes how she notices patterns and helps people undo old habits that no longer serve them.
In sessions she blends talking, reflection, and simple skills practice. People can expect focused conversation, exercises to try between sessions, and check-ins about progress. The goal is steady, realistic change rather than quick fixes.
Melissa aims to tailor care to each person’s needs and culture. She welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and works to understand each client’s context. Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth.
Getting started involves a short matching process and scheduling a session. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs.
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling
Melissa often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful space where the person’s voice guides the work; this approach focuses on listening, empathy, and understanding what each person needs. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments to change how they feel and act. Mindfulness Therapy is another tool she brings in to teach simple present-moment skills that reduce reactivity and support calm.Choosing the right approach happens together. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. From there she recommends a mix of techniques and checks in regularly to adjust the plan so it fits the person’s life.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is hard, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These formats make it easier to keep consistent contact and to practice skills between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English