Melissa Gonzales is a licensed professional counselor in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles.
01About Melissa
Melissa Gonzales is a licensed professional counselor in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She offers a straightforward, accepting approach for those dealing with mood concerns, addictions, trauma, or questions about identity and belonging. She keeps sessions focused on what matters most to each person.
Conversations often start with concrete goals like reducing panic attacks, improving communication, or building self-esteem. Melissa uses practical tools and clear steps so clients can try changes between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes five years working with adults on mood disorders, attachment issues, and coping with major life changes. She pays attention to patterns that keep people stuck, such as control issues, dependent behavior, or repeated conflict in relationships. This helps her pick simple strategies that fit each person’s life.
Therapy with her combines listening and action. Melissa draws from client-centered work to make space for a person’s experience, and from cognitive behavioral and dialectical methods to teach skills for thinking and emotion management. Solution-focused ideas are used to set small, achievable steps.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Fees vary by location and follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 81038 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1912532516 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Methods Melissa names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Melissa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Melissa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, panic attacks, mood problems, and negative thinking.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. DBT tools can help with strong emotions, self-harm urges, and relationship conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful, and she will adapt strategies so they match a person's situation. That collaboration helps pick methods that are realistic and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions are useful for full conversations and skill practice, while phone sessions can fit a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text are good for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers writing over talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Melissa address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, addictions, trauma, self-esteem, and related mood concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and accepting, combining listening with practical steps clients can try between sessions.
What relevant experience does she bring?
Melissa has five years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, attachment issues, and complex emotional challenges.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost work for sessions?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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