Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Melissa works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa Elliott is a licensed mental health counselor with 30 years of experience in Florida. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, grief, or major life changes. She also supports those facing parenting concerns, relationship strain, adoption and fertility questions, and career or caregiving challenges.
Leesa focuses on practical, usable tools that can be applied right away. Sessions begin with clear goals and simple strategies the person can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She pays attention to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together so changes stick in daily life. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that look at how thinking patterns affect mood and choices. Melissa adapts her style to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
That means sessions may include practice exercises, reflection, and short skill-building tasks. Over three decades in practice, she has worked with people facing depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles. She also brings experience with aging and geriatric issues and supports women navigating fertility and parenting decisions.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on therapist availability.
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.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. One approach looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical ways to shift those thoughts to reduce anxiety, anger, and low mood. This method helps people notice thinking traps and replace them with clearer options.She also emphasizes hands-on skill building that people can use day to day. Sessions often include short practice tasks, breathing and grounding strategies, and problem-solving exercises to manage intense emotions and stressful situations. These skills suit people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, or work and caregiving pressures.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people see nonverbal cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging allow ongoing checkpoints and brief check-ins between longer sessions to reinforce practice and progress.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What problems does Melissa help with?
She supports people managing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and goal-focused, with simple tools people can use between sessions to change thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 30 years of experience as a clinician working with a wide range of life and mental health concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - practicing in Florida.
Which languages are offered in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.