About Melanie
Melanie Walton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 23 years of clinical experience. She began helping people early in life and keeps a simple question at the center of her work: "How can I help?" Her background includes supporting people through anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, substance use concerns, and ADHD-related struggles.
Her style is direct and interactive. She aims to build a working relationship in the first few weeks and uses respect, compassion, and genuineness in sessions.
Background and approach
Melanie prefers to match the approach to each person's needs rather than use one fixed method. She draws on methods from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, dialectical behavior techniques, and client-centered ideas. Goals and plans are set with the person's strengths and preferences in mind.
Melanie focuses on practical steps and clearer thinking to help people make changes. Sessions address everyday problems like parenting stress, relationship strain, grief, anger, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people working through intimacy issues, eating concerns, and addictive behaviors.
Melanie offers coaching-style help when people want concrete tools and short-term structure. Her approach is straightforward: identify what matters, set realistic goals, and practice skills between sessions. She encourages small steps that add up to better functioning and more choice in daily life.
How therapy approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It focuses on small, practical steps and is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for depression, anxiety, and problems like procrastination or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to concerns and goals, then collaborate on which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted as sessions progress so the work fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice; phone sessions can be easier when you need lower bandwidth or a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow short updates, coaching between sessions, and flexible communication around busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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