Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Melanie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melanie
Melanie Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She listens without judgment and encourages practical steps people can use between sessions. Melanie has ten years of experience supporting people through big life changes and ongoing struggles.
Her approach focuses on building a calm, steady space for talking through what matters most. She uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Mindfulness exercises and acceptance work help people tolerate difficult feelings while choosing values-based actions. Melanie also draws on client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person’s goals and pace. Dialectical behavior strategies offer concrete skills for managing intense emotion and improving communication.
Motivational techniques help when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. She has supported people with a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating issues, addiction, ADHD, and caregiver stress. Melanie pays attention to the whole context around a problem, including family of origin and life stressors that affect mood and behavior.
Sessions are practical and collaborative. Melanie offers clear, actionable steps while remaining flexible to individual needs. The work is about small, steady changes that add up over time.
What Melanie works with
Everything Melanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Melanie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Approaches Melanie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches That Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about their values and take actions that match those values, even when feelings are difficult; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems alive and teaches practical techniques to change them, which often helps with stress, anger, sleep, and mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness, supporting impulse control and worry management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Melanie treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help figure out what combination of methods fits a person's goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when travel is hard, phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text sessions suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, energy levels, and practical needs while still allowing therapists and clients to do focused, skills-based work together.
Questions people ask about Melanie
What concerns does Melanie commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, grief, trauma, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and career or parenting strain.
How would you describe Melanie's therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, blending skills training with listening and goal setting. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings ten years of professional work experience supporting people through life changes and ongoing mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not taking international clients at this time.
What session formats are available online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to start, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.