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Melanie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field. She is energized by helping adolescents, adults, and couples find happiness and satisfaction in their lives by discovering the goodness in their intentions that still might be challenging their day-to-day lives. Melanie helps clients heal from depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and life transitions. Melanie earned her Master's degree in Counseling at the University of Vermont. Combining her real-life, common-sense experience with evidence-based clinical treatment approaches, Melanie is able to empathize and support her clients with warmth and compassion. Melanie uses eclectic treatment approaches, including cognitive behavioral (CBT), person-centered, dialectical behavior (DBT), and solution-focused therapy. We all grow and change throughout our lives, whether we want to or not. It isn't always easy and there isn't an instruction manual. Melanie has the skills to support you in gaining new perspectives and insight into your personal struggles. If you are ready to do the work, she will equip you with the skills you need to cope and thrive. Appointments are available; schedule today.
Melanie is accepting new clients. Please feel free to reach out by using the Book Appointment or Call links on the profile to see the next availability.
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Performance anxiety - Underperforming, due exclusively to anxiety
Social anxiety - Helping clients increase confidence and ability to interact with others amidst fear of being judged, worry about embarrassment, or concern about offending others
Climate anxiety - Coping with the unique stress created by climate change, including managing any overwhelming feelings of impending disaster and finding outlets for advocacy
Worry - Learning how worry shows up in one’s life and exploring how worry impacts daily life, relationships, and wellbeing; developing coping skills to mitigate the impacts of worry
Couples counseling - Addressing relationship challenges and life transitions; strengthening communication and feelings of security, desire, connection, and love
Codependency - Development of healthy boundaries in relationships; strategies for increasing individual self-esteem and autonomy; coping mechanisms for separation and individuation.
Communication issues - Developing effective interpersonal skills in relationships with partners, families, and co-workers; using healthy methods of communication to convey needs and respond to others