About Melissa
Melissa Quigley is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She also supports those facing addiction, compassion fatigue, relationship and family concerns, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Her style is warm, open, and interactive.
Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation. She works to tailor each plan to a person’s goals and needs. Melissa draws on 12 years of experience in a range of settings.
Background and approach
That includes intensive outpatient programs, partial hospitalization, and roles as a clinical supervisor and program director in community behavioral health. She has also provided care in independent practice. She uses several approaches to fit different concerns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Client-centered work emphasizes the person’s own priorities and strengths. Mindfulness techniques teach ways to stay present and reduce reactivity.
Melissa has experience with crisis management and de-escalation from work in higher-intensity settings. That background informs how she plans safety and coping strategies when stress or symptoms escalate. She aims to be compassionate, respectful, and pragmatic in sessions.
People who choose to work with her can expect collaboration on goals, clear next steps between visits, and ongoing adjustments based on progress and feedback.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and strengths. It involves listening closely, reflecting what matters to you, and shaping the work around your priorities. This approach is useful for building self-understanding and motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thinking and practice new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches skills for staying present and reducing reactivity through breath work and attention practices, which can help with rumination and emotional overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa will collaborate to choose methods that match your needs, goals, and preferences. Together you can try an approach and adjust based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for seeing nonverbal cues and doing longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a short break. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English