About Melissa
Melissa Tejeda is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people feel less overwhelmed. She meets clients where they are and works to build practical skills for coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. Her approach is straightforward and aimed at helping clients move forward one step at a time.
She draws on six years of counseling experience and a background that includes ten years as a school counselor.
Background and approach
That earlier work involved supporting children, teens, and families in school settings, which shaped her skill in clear communication and problem-solving. Melissa uses that same calm, organized style in her current practice. Sessions tend to center on identifying patterns that keep problems alive and then testing small changes.
She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change reactions to them. Dialetical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are offered to help with emotional regulation and staying present in difficult moments.
Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want brief, goal-oriented work to create immediate change. Melissa also supports people dealing with relationship issues, parenting strain, grief, and identity concerns such as LGBT stressors. Her style is practical and compassionate, with an emphasis on skills people can use between sessions.
She explains tools in plain language and helps clients adapt them to daily life. Melissa practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English.
How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online
Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in ways that translate well to online work. CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through clear exercises and homework. That structure fits well into video sessions and follow-up messages. DBT offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication, which can be taught in short coaching-style segments during calls or chat.She also draws on client-centered methods that focus on listening and responding to each person's needs. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist and client collaborate to set goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and practicing skills together, while phone sessions can be a good option when a quieter, no-video check-in is preferred. Chat and messaging work for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when a flexible option is needed during a busy day. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, family routines, and other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English