About Melissa
Melissa Vallia is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, parenting challenges, depression, and major life changes. She draws on her own experience of loss to offer steady, practical support. Melissa speaks plainly and works to make sessions feel like a safe space to figure things out.
She brings four years of professional counseling experience and holds a Master of Science in Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Louisiana State University-Shreveport.
Background and approach
Her background includes roles as a Chaplain Assistant in the U.S. Air Force, work with Goodwill Industries, and leadership in her local church. Those roles shaped her practical, service-oriented approach to helping others.
In session she focuses on clear goals and simple tools that people can use between meetings. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person’s priorities. Melissa also integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and solution-focused strategies to build immediate steps forward.
She adapts the pace and content of sessions to fit each person’s needs. Conversations will often include skill practice, problem-solving, and planning for small changes. Her aim is to help clients move from where they are now toward the life they want.
Melissa works with people in Louisiana and provides telehealth options when appropriate. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and encouragement while helping clients face difficult situations and grow toward lasting change.
How Melissa's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy is about listening and following the person's lead. The therapist focuses on understanding each person's priorities and building a supportive space to talk through problems and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot thoughts that get in the way and replace them with more helpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stressful thinking because it pairs new ways of thinking with practical behavior changes.
Solution-focused therapy looks for small, doable steps that move someone toward their goals. Sessions often concentrate on what has worked before and how to build small wins into daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan based on what fits the client's needs.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, on-the-go support and can help keep momentum between scheduled sessions.
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What this counselor works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Arkansas
- Languages
- English