About Melissa
Dr. Melissa Oleshansky brings 25 years of clinical experience to her work in Michigan. She is listed as an MI Psychologist and prefers to be called Dr.
O. She speaks English and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, ADHD, and other life challenges. Over two decades of practice inform a straightforward and compassionate style.
She blends practical coaching with evidence-informed therapy methods and encourages clients to learn skills they can use day to day.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build resilience, strengthen self-esteem, and reduce unhelpful stress responses. Her background includes a doctoral degree in clinical health psychology and two master’s degrees in clinical psychology and school and community psychology. That training has guided long work supporting adults through transitions, trauma, and complicated grief.
In sessions she uses techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness-informed methods to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship and intimacy concerns. Emotion-focused strategies are used when emotions need clearer expression and repair.
She offers care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The subscription model used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability. People who choose her often want direct, practical feedback combined with a warm, nonjudgmental tone.
The aim is to help clients leave sessions with actionable steps and clearer choices about the next day or week.
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values rather than getting stuck in unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where people want more clarity about what matters to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing new, practical strategies to change them. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in how people connect with others and uses that understanding to improve communication, intimacy, and relationship repair when emotions get in the way.
Figuring out the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face when a fuller conversation is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing coaching, brief check-ins, and skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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