About Melodie
Melodie Heupel-Carney is a licensed professional counselor with 23 years of experience. She helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also supports those wrestling with self-esteem, motivation, and major life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and person-centered. She listens first and works with each person to build on their strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings to test what helps them feel better.
Background and approach
Melodie uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more realistic ones. She blends that with acceptance and commitment ideas that encourage values-based action even when feelings are difficult. Mindfulness techniques are often used to reduce rumination and improve emotional regulation.
Emotionally-focused methods help when relationship patterns or attachment issues contribute to pain. She also draws on motivational interviewing when people struggle with substance use or change efforts. Treatment plans are adapted to each person’s goals and life circumstances.
She is licensed as an LPC in Oklahoma and South Dakota. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Melodie commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change thought patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood. CBT sessions online focus on practical exercises and homework that can be reviewed together in follow-up meetings.She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which encourages people to clarify their values and take meaningful action even when difficult feelings are present. ACT work online often includes simple in-session exercises and real-world experiments to test what matters most to the client.
The right approach is often found through collaboration. Melodie will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and daily routine. That collaboration helps decide whether to emphasize CBT skills, ACT strategies, mindfulness practice, or a mix of approaches.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied needs. Video calls make it possible to work through exercises face-to-face, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, and messaging or live chat work well for brief check-ins or when someone needs flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, South Dakota
- Languages
- English
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