About Melissa
Melissa Lewis is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma, and depression. She speaks plainly and meets clients where they are. Melissa emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in each conversation.
Melissa holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and a Clinical Social Worker credential (CSW). She has five years of professional experience and is licensed in Georgia. Her background includes work related to substance use, domestic violence, and trauma responses.
Background and approach
In sessions she tailors the conversation and plan to fit each person’s needs. She pays attention to problems like abandonment, communication breakdowns, and codependency. She also supports people coping with blended family challenges, separation, or difficult life changes.
Melissa addresses mood and behavioral concerns such as depression, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder symptoms, dissociation, and avoidant or dependent personality patterns. She also helps with control issues, commitment worries, and the emotional impact of natural or human-caused disasters. Working with her typically involves straightforward talk about current struggles, setting small goals, and practicing new coping steps between sessions.
Melissa invites people to take the first step and complete a short matching process to begin scheduling sessions.
How evidence-based methods work online
Melissa uses practical, evidence-based techniques to address common problems people bring to therapy. One approach focuses on teaching concrete coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as breathing exercises, grounding strategies, and short behavior experiments to reduce worry and panic. Another approach concentrates on addiction-related patterns, helping people identify triggers, build relapse prevention plans, and develop healthier routines to support recovery.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the situation. Adjustments are normal, and the plan can change as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text sessions can fit quick check-ins, brief reflections, or support between longer appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules and keep contact consistent when needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, Georgia
- Languages
- English