Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Melissa works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa Brunson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia who helps people navigate anger, relationship strain, trauma, and low mood. She aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to move toward clearer thinking and calmer reactions. She creates a welcoming space where clients can say what they feel without judgment.
Sessions focus on practical ways to handle strong emotions and improve communication. Melissa emphasizes small, steady steps that build confidence over time.
Background and approach
Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques she has used across 11 years in practice. That experience includes supporting people dealing with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related challenges, and family conflict. She also addresses related concerns like abandonment, attachment worries, and difficulties with impulse control.
Melissa helps individuals who are coping with caregiver stress, body image and self-love issues, and the life transitions that come with pregnancy and childbirth. She also assists people wrestling with forgiveness, control issues, and finding life purpose. Conversations typically cover current patterns, how emotions show up in relationships, and practical strategies to try between sessions.
The therapist and client work together to track progress and adjust the approach as needed.
What Melissa works with
Everything Melissa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Melissa's practice.
Approaches that help manage strong emotions online
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people reduce reactivity and build steadier relationships. One common approach focuses on identifying patterns that lead to anger and impulsive responses, then practicing alternative reactions in everyday situations. This helps people regain a sense of control and improve communication with others.Another approach centers on processing past hurt from trauma or attachment wounds through careful, paced conversations. The goal is to lessen the power of painful memories and to strengthen how someone connects with others in the present. These methods are practical and aimed at producing changes people can notice between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk through options with each person and tailor techniques to match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Clients and the therapist review progress and adjust the plan as they go.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different lifestyles and needs. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflection, and easier scheduling around busy days. These formats make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and useful over time.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What kinds of concerns does Melissa help with?
She works with people facing anger, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. She also supports related issues like attachment, abandonment, self-love, and caregiver stress.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are practical and down-to-earth, focused on talking through feelings and trying skills that change daily patterns. The aim is to make emotion management and communication more manageable.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has 11 years of professional experience working with clients on anger, trauma, intimacy concerns, and related issues.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, abbreviated LPC, and is licensed in Georgia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.