Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Melissa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa Wood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, cope with anxiety, and handle anger so daily life feels more manageable. She uses straightforward methods to address depression, relationship strain, and trauma-related concerns.
Sessions are aimed at small, actionable steps that build skills over time. Melissa emphasizes a warm, friendly approach so people can feel heard as they work toward their goals.
Background and approach
Her work often centers on problem-solving for parenting challenges, workplace stress, and issues tied to military or first responder experiences. She also helps people facing grief, addiction struggles, or the effects of disaster and post-traumatic stress. Melissa pays attention to how life transitions and attention differences like ADHD affect mood and behavior.
In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to create clear, doable strategies. That can mean identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing new behaviors, or setting short-term goals that lead to quick wins. The emphasis is on techniques people can use between sessions.
Melissa is based in South Carolina and offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Her style is collaborative and practical, aimed at helping people find better ways to cope and move forward.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Melissa lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online
Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and everyday stress because it focuses on concrete thinking and behavior changes that can be practiced between sessions.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals and build on what already works. This method helps when someone wants quick, practical steps to handle relationship strain, workplace problems, parenting challenges, or transitions in life.
Deciding on the best approach is part of the work together. Melissa will ask about your needs, goals, and preferences during early sessions and adjust strategies over time. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins to see what helps most.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different routines and comfort levels. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can support quick skill reminders, brief check-ins, or people who prefer typed conversation. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does Melissa typically address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to create practical steps and short-term goals. The style is collaborative and focused on skills people can use in daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Melissa has 14 years of clinical experience working with adults and adolescents on a range of concerns from anxiety to trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in South Carolina as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Melissa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.