About Melissa
Melissa Groh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. She greets new clients with a warm, direct style and focuses on practical steps to reduce anxiety and stress. Melissa aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable for people who are worried or overwhelmed.
She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Truman State University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California.
Background and approach
Melissa has 11 years of experience as a mental health therapist and has supported people through many kinds of challenges. Her work has included helping with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, substance use, and life transitions. Her approach centers on talk therapy with practical techniques.
She draws on solution-focused and task-centered methods to set clear goals and small steps. Mindfulness and a strengths-based outlook are also part of how she helps people cope between sessions. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and preferences.
Melissa uses a warm, empowering tone while helping clients build skills and try new strategies. She emphasizes collaboration and adjusts plans as progress is made. People who are looking for straightforward, supportive therapy to address anxiety, stress, sleep issues, or relationship and parenting concerns may find this style helpful.
Melissa encourages realistic goals and steady progress over time.
Evidence-based methods and online care that fit your life
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are grounded in conversation and concrete steps. Solution-focused work zeroes in on what you want to change and breaks that goal into small, manageable actions to try between sessions. Task-centered techniques focus on specific problems and create short-term, measurable tasks to reduce stress and build momentum.Mindfulness practices are also part of her approach, teaching simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce anxious reactions and improve sleep and focus. These methods are commonly used for anxiety, stress, sleep issues, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. She will collaborate with each person to choose which techniques to try based on goals, preferences, and how someone responds. Plans are adjusted over time so the work matches what actually helps.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let you have a fuller conversation and see facial cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being off camera feels easier. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coping strategies, or shorter updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or parenting routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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