About Melissa
Melissa Mendez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with eight years of clinical experience. She moved her practice online at the start of the pandemic and now offers therapy via video, phone, chat, and messaging. Melissa focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related life changes.
She brings a warm but direct style and works together with clients to set goals and take practical steps forward.
Background and approach
She began her path after studying Nutritional Sciences at Texas A&M University and moved into mental health work soon after. Melissa has focused much of her practice on identifying trauma responses and supporting nervous system regulation following stress and adversity. Over the past three years she has provided Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often alongside other approaches, to address trauma-related symptoms.
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered. She blends client-centered methods with cognitive-behavioral ideas and trauma-focused work to match what each person needs. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, building coping tools, and practicing new ways to respond to stress and relationships.
Melissa often supports people navigating parenting and family-related concerns, postpartum challenges, caregiver stress, and career or identity questions. She also works with folks experiencing grief, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She uses a mix of approaches to help people manage symptoms and build more calm in daily life.
People who do well with her style are willing to reflect and try new strategies. She emphasizes both structure and flexibility, and she partners with clients to decide how long therapy should continue. Melissa aims to help people discover practical steps toward greater wellbeing.
How Melissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, mirrors concerns, and helps people name what matters most so they can set meaningful goals. This approach is useful for anxiety, self-esteem, and relationship questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses short practical exercises and tools that help reduce anxious thinking and change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps people notice and process distressing memories and the reactions that follow them. It is commonly used for trauma-related symptoms and can reduce the intensity of painful memories and triggers.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan over time based on progress.
Online sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or messaging make therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or have shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options help therapy fit into busy lives and varying schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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