Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Melanie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melanie
Melanie Bartholomew is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 15 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. She uses straightforward, respectful language and works to create a space where clients can talk honestly about what’s hard. Melanie aims to help people move toward clearer choices and manageable steps.
She describes her style as practical and developmentally aware. Sessions focus on understanding what led to a current problem and on building skills that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
Melanie avoids stigmatizing labels and treats each person with sensitivity and compassion. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including depression, relationships, parenting, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, and issues around identity. She also supports people dealing with workplace stress, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, mood challenges, and midlife questions.
Melanie combines approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered ideas to follow the client’s lead. She uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to break down unhelpful patterns and tries solution-focused steps to create immediate, practical change.
Starting therapy with Melanie means setting goals together and adjusting the plan as progress happens. She emphasizes small, doable steps and honest conversation. Her focus is on helping clients find clearer direction and greater ease in daily life.
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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melanie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-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 well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist centers what matters most to the person and shapes conversations around real-life concerns such as stress, anger, or relationship strain.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Online CBT often includes brief skill practice between sessions and concrete steps to change patterns that affect mood, sleep, or anxiety.
Dialetical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. When used online, DBT tools can be taught in short, focused sessions and reinforced with messaging or chat for quick check-ins.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and homework follow-up easier and can fit into busy days. These options help people keep continuity with therapy while managing work, parenting, and other demands.
Questions people ask about Melanie
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship challenges, parenting issues, grief, sleep problems, and questions about identity and life purpose.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and client-centered with a developmental view. She uses respectful, straightforward conversation and focuses on steps you can use in daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in a range of clinical settings with people dealing with mood disorders, trauma, workplace stress, and family-related concerns.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and provides services from that state.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on therapist availability.