About Melissa
Melissa Nelson is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of practice. Melissa focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. They make space for LGBTQ concerns and for people working through identity and relationship questions.
Melissa prefers a straightforward, collaborative style. Sessions tend to be conversational and practical. She listens for what matters most and then helps clients set small, doable goals.
Her background blends several evidence-informed methods.
Background and approach
Melissa uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s priorities and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. She also brings Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused ideas when people want clear steps and short-term progress. In a typical session Melissa will help people break big problems into manageable pieces.
She works on skills for sleep, impulsivity, mood swings, and everyday coping. When addiction or trauma shows up, she helps clients build safety and structure while addressing the issue at a comfortable pace. Melissa emphasizes practical tools that fit daily life.
Homework can include small experiments, tracking patterns, or brief skill practices between sessions. The aim is steady progress that matches each person’s goals and pace. Sessions are offered in English and provided remotely through video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging.
Melissa practices in Florida as an LMHC and brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Melissa often draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s priorities so the conversation stays relevant to their life and identity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify patterns of thought and behavior, then test small changes to see what helps with mood, anxiety, sleep, or impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa will talk with each client about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities, and then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs change.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls provide face-to-face time for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options allow continuity of care and flexible scheduling so therapy can move with each person’s life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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