Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
How Melissa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and depression. She uses practical talk and steady support to help people make changes that matter. Sessions are aimed at clear skills and honest conversation rather than medical labels.
Her work blends several approaches to fit the person in front of her. Melissa draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
Background and approach
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. Narrative therapy helps people reframe their life stories so they feel more in control. Melissa has particular experience with attention and focus concerns, obsessive thoughts, and mood conditions including bipolar disorder.
She also supports people dealing with trauma, caregiving strain, and burnout. She helps with intimacy challenges, parenting stresses, career decisions, and identity issues faced by LGBT people. Sessions are offered for adults and are conversational in tone.
Melissa aims to make the work manageable by breaking problems into small, concrete steps. She emphasizes respect and compassion while helping clients practice new coping skills. A typical first meeting focuses on what matters most to the client now and what realistic goals look like.
Follow-up sessions often include skill practice, problem solving, and checking what’s working. Melissa encourages people to try different strategies until they find the right fit.
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
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Codependency
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Melissa lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 and online care
Melissa often combines cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based work to address how thoughts and past relationships shape current feelings. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and anger. Attachment-based work looks at how early connection styles influence reactions and helps people form steadier ways of relating. Finding the right approach is a team effort. Melissa will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative process aims to match tools to the issues you bring, whether that means skills practice, emotion regulation, or rewriting personal narratives. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support between-session check-ins and brief coaching or skill reminders. These options provide flexibility so therapy can happen around work, caregiving, or other commitments.Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does Melissa specialize in?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as OCD and bipolar mood challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends client-centered conversation with active techniques from CBT, DBT, and narrative methods to help people change thoughts and behaviors while honoring their story.
How much experience does she have?
Melissa has 12 years of clinical experience working with adults across a range of mood, anxiety, and life transition issues.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and holds LCSW and CSW credentials, licensed in Georgia.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are used?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.