About Melissa
Melissa Murray is a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia with twelve years of practice. She focuses on anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and life changes. Her approach aims to be respectful, direct, and compassionate for adults seeking practical help.
She uses a mix of evidence-informed methods to tailor sessions to each person. That can include looking at thoughts and behavior patterns, exploring early relationship experiences, and centering the client's own goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with tools and strategies offered when they fit the situation. Melissa pays attention to how stress and health issues like ADHD or bipolar mood differences affect daily life. She also supports people facing trauma, loss, parenting strain, or career transitions.
Work may include skill-building, problem solving, and tracking small changes over time. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She aims to create a space where adults can talk honestly about shame, guilt, intimacy, or identity concerns.
The process balances listening with practical steps to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Clients who start with Melissa are guided through manageable goals and regular check-ins. Progress is reviewed and plans are adjusted as needed.
Her office base is in Georgia and she provides care to adults using online formats and phone options.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when trust, closeness, or old hurts affect present relationships or emotional reactions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s goals. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection to help clients find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills for changing them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, OCD, and stress-related symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and try techniques that match what the client needs and prefers. This is a collaborative process with regular check-ins to see what is helpful and what should change.
Online formats make scheduling and attendance easier for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients share thoughts between sessions or check in without a full appointment. These options support flexible, ongoing care that fits into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English