Works with
How Melissa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa Laneaux is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, anger, and relationship concerns. Her goal is to help people build coping skills they can use day to day.
Melissa offers a calm, structured approach in sessions. She listens first, then helps clients set small, clear goals. Sessions focus on practical strategies to manage emotions and behavior, not on labels or quick fixes.
Background and approach
Her background includes long experience using client-centered methods and treatments that target thinking and behavior patterns. That experience supports work on mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and challenges like guilt, shame, and isolation. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, attachment concerns, and body image struggles.
Substance use and young adult transitions are areas she commonly helps people navigate as well. In therapy with Melissa, clients can expect tools they can practice between sessions. She emphasizes clear steps, skill building, and steady progress at a manageable pace.
The aim is better day-to-day functioning and clearer self-understanding.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Client-Centered Therapy places the client's experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and supports decisions the client makes about change; this approach helps with self-esteem, relationship concerns, and feeling heard.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and mood regulation because it gives clear tools to change thinking and behavior.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Melissa will discuss goals, try approaches that match the issue, and adjust based on what feels helpful. Together the client and therapist choose strategies and pace that fit the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired, and live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or busy family routines.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does Melissa address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and related issues such as self-esteem and relationship difficulties.
What is her style in sessions?
Her style is calm and structured, listening first and then helping clients set small, practical goals and skills to practice between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has 15 years of experience as a clinician supporting people through mood concerns, trauma, and life transitions.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds an LCSW and practices in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.