About Melinda
Melinda Newman is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, and major life changes. She brings five years of clinical experience in community mental health to each session. Her approach is direct and caring and aimed at practical change.
She began working in children’s mental health as an in-home provider and supported families so young people could stay in their homes and communities.
Background and approach
That early work shaped her focus on realistic steps people can use every day. More recently she has worked with individuals dealing with anxiety, bipolar disorder, trauma and PTSD, personality disorders, and depression. Sessions focus on what each person wants to change.
She partners with clients to identify obstacles, set clear goals, and build on strengths. Conversations include skill building, problem solving, and small experiments to test new ways of coping. Melinda uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and solution-focused therapy to guide practical work.
Her style is compassionate, welcoming, and supportive while keeping attention on concrete progress. She aims to help people move toward feeling more like themselves. She practices in Montana and conducts sessions in English.
People who choose to work together complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Melinda commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.She also draws on solution-focused therapy to set short-term goals and find steps that lead to quick, practical change. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences rather than prescribing a single path from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work better with lower bandwidth, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing check-ins between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while focusing on real skills and steps people can use every day.
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- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Montana, California
- Languages
- English
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