About Melissa
Melissa Geraci is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addiction. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Her manner is calm and direct, aimed at helping someone feel less overwhelmed in the moment.
Melissa draws on therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused work to address painful memories and upsetting reactions. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and Jungian ideas when those approaches fit a person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions include clear tools for coping, emotion regulation skills, and moments to reflect on deeper patterns. Clients can expect a collaborative process that names immediate goals and tracks small changes over time. Melissa helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and practice skills between sessions.
She pays attention to how stress, relationships, and past experiences keep problems repeating. Her practice includes focused work on substance use concerns, communication problems, mood disorders, and issues related to sexual assault and abuse. She also addresses isolation, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), and personality-related struggles when relevant to an individual.
Melissa has eight years of clinical experience as an LCSW in Arizona. She prefers straightforward, usable strategies and tailors each plan to a person’s situation. The aim is steady improvement so daily life feels more manageable and choices feel clearer.
Online approaches for coping and healing
Melissa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of behaving. CBT focuses on practical steps and small experiments that reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also draws on trauma-focused therapy when past events continue to affect daily life, using strategies to process painful memories and reduce their emotional hold.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. That collaborative process can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people see facial cues and do longer therapeutic work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break. Live chat or text can be used for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to get consistent care around caregiving, work, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Sexual assault and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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