About Melissa
Melissa Romain is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety and stress while helping people sort through grief, trauma, addiction, parenting strain, and life changes. Melissa aims to create a calm, clear space where someone can talk things through and build practical coping skills.
Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to each individual.
Background and approach
Melissa also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people notice how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. She also uses solution-focused steps when people want concrete short-term goals and tools to try between meetings.
Psychodynamic concepts help bring deeper patterns into view when that feels useful. Melissa has worked in outpatient counseling and residential treatment settings, giving her experience with a wide range of concerns. She also teaches as an adjunct instructor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sessions are offered in English and carried out through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Therapy is provided under an ongoing subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person fills out a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist's availability.
How Melissa’s approaches translate to online therapy
Melissa uses attachment-based ideas to help people see how past relationships influence current reactions and connection patterns. This work helps with relationship worries, bonding concerns, and understanding repeated emotional responses in daily life.She also practices client-centered therapy which focuses on listening closely and following the person's priorities. That means sessions are shaped by what feels most pressing to the individual and move at their pace. Mindfulness techniques are used to reduce anxiety and ground attention in the present moment; these are simple practices that transfer well to remote sessions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Melissa will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try different methods, and adjust the plan together until it fits. She supports steady progress through practical steps and regular check-ins.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits brief check-ins, and messaging lets people send updates between sessions. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels with remote care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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