About Melissa
Melissa Mendez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas with eight years in mental health care. She moved into online therapy during the pandemic and now provides most services via telehealth. Melissa focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more able to face everyday challenges.
She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder.
Background and approach
Melissa also supports those dealing with parenting strain, family of origin issues, caregiver stress, and challenges that come with pregnancy or postpartum changes. She has experience addressing sexual assault, attachment concerns, and compassion fatigue. Her work tends to be warm and direct.
Sessions mix listening with structured tools so clients can try new skills between meetings. Melissa encourages self-reflection and a growth mindset while keeping goals clear and practical. EMDR has been part of her practice for several years and she uses trauma-focused approaches when trauma is central to the problem.
She also incorporates client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs and preferences. Melissa aims to help people reduce upsetting symptoms and restore a sense of safety in daily life. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and works with clients to set realistic steps forward.
For people seeking a steady, evidence-informed approach delivered online, she offers a straightforward, compassionate style.
How Melissa Uses Trauma-Informed and Skills-Based Methods Online
Melissa uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a space where a person feels heard and respected; this approach focuses on the client's priorities and pacing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and practice concrete skills to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.She has offered EMDR work for several years to address trauma responses and stress that follow difficult events. EMDR in brief means using structured processing to reduce the intensity of trauma memories so they cause less disruption in daily life. Melissa blends these approaches to match the issue at hand rather than relying on a single method.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and the problem they want to address. That process can include trying a few techniques and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or other responsibilities while keeping continuity of care with the same licensed professional.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Oklahoma
- Languages
- English