Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Melissa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa McLaurin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, and family or parenting challenges. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at making it easier to start talking about hard things.
Melissa keeps sessions simple and practical. She listens without judgment and treats each person as an individual. Together clients set clear goals and look for small changes that improve day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own experience. She also uses cognitive-behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness techniques are offered when they fit the client’s needs to build more calm in daily routines.
Over ten years of experience inform her flexible style. She has helped people facing grief, relationship strain, parenting pressure, compassion fatigue, and grief. Melissa also supports people working through adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and challenges related to autism and ADHD.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what each person can handle. Melissa encourages practical homework and small experiments between sessions. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
She offers online options so people can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients who prefer English are supported. To begin, a short matching questionnaire connects people to scheduling options that fit their needs.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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 and what online therapy looks like
Melissa often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely to each person and reflecting back what matters most to them. This approach helps people feel understood and guides goals based on their own values and priorities.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers clear, practical strategies for managing anxiety, anger, and depression through experiments and skill practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then try methods that match those needs in a collaborative way.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and use screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quieter, simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief updates or skill practice into a busy day. These formats give flexibility for people balancing work, parenting, or caregiving while getting consistent, goal-focused support.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does Melissa focus on?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, parenting and family challenges, plus related issues like grief and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Melissa uses a warm, nonjudgmental style that centers each person’s experience and sets clear, practical goals for change.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, relationship stress, and caregiving strain.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPCC credential and practices from Minnesota.
In which languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients who speak English may be supported.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.