Hello

Melissa is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist passionate about helping clients

navigate challenges and uncover the strategies they need to grow, heal, and thrive. Her clinical

journey is inspired by her prior work as a high school teacher and school counselor. As an

educator, she worked primarily in continuation schools, where she supported students’

social-emotional learning and helped them navigate personal, familial, and systemic obstacles

to their success.

In her practice, Melissa blends her experience as an educator with evidence-based therapeutic

approaches to support clients’ growth, healing, and whole-person development. She works with

individuals, adolescents, couples and families. In her sessions, she draws from a range of

approaches including, cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-based strategies,

solution-focused techniques, and mindfulness. At its core, her work is always grounded in a

humanistic and trauma-informed perspective.

Melissa believes above all in the individual’s capacity to heal and grow. She works

collaboratively with clients to help them build resilience, gain insight, and create meaningful

change. She hopes to help clients better understand their strengths and how they can utilize

these strengths as resources in their lives. She is committed to providing a supportive, safe, and

client-centered environment in which every person feels heard, valued, and empowered on their

journey toward healing.