About Melissa
Melissa Adcock offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and major life changes. She also helps people navigating self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns. Melissa uses straightforward, practical methods to help people reduce overwhelm and regain a sense of control.
Melissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, who lives and practices in Colorado. She brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work and combines several therapy styles to meet each person where they are.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that fit daily life. Her approach feels collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps people sort through thoughts and feelings.
Therapy may include looking at patterns of thinking, building emotion regulation skills, and trying short, focused strategies to make immediate change. Melissa draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a steady, respectful space. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to examine unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills when emotions run high.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused methods help people find motivation and practical next steps. People can expect clear explanations, simple tools, and a pace set by their needs. Melissa aims to help people feel more able to handle daily challenges and make decisions that match their values.
Her style is warm, pragmatic, and focused on real-world solutions.
Therapeutic approaches applied to online care
Melissa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts influence feelings and actions, helping people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns to reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit busy lives. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can work for shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help people access care with more flexibility around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Florida
- Languages
- English