Melissa Mendez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing from Texas.
01About Melissa
Melissa Mendez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing from Texas. She has eight years of experience in mental health work and has focused much of her recent practice on online therapy. Melissa offers straightforward, warm care for people coping with stress, anxiety, mood changes, and trauma-related concerns.
She helps people manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports those facing grief, parenting strain, relationship conflict, and career stress.
Background and approach
Melissa pays attention to attachment and family of origin issues that often shape current patterns. Melissa uses a mix of person-centered and trauma-informed approaches. She often combines cognitive behavioral strategies with EMDR work when trauma is part of the picture.
Sessions aim to build practical skills, reduce overwhelm, and help nervous systems settle after stressful events. Her style is warm and direct. She invites collaboration and values a client’s autonomy while providing structure when it helps.
Melissa tends to work with people who are willing to reflect and try different tools to reach clearer goals. Melissa began her path after studying nutritional sciences at Texas A&M University and moved into mental health full time.
She has been delivering therapy online since the start of the pandemic, and she draws on that experience to tailor remote care to each person’s needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 76961 · expires February 2027
- LPC (Oklahoma)
- License LPC07519 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1326676610 · 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Family of origin issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Melissa names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Trauma-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
How Melissa Uses Trauma-Focused and Skill-Based Approaches Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead while offering support and validation. It helps people clarify values, set goals, and feel heard during hard conversations.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Melissa uses CBT to teach practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and everyday stressors to reduce distress and improve functioning.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused method used to process distressing memories and reduce strong emotional reactions. It can be helpful for people with post-traumatic stress symptoms and persistent trauma-related anxiety.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest strategies to try. She adjusts methods over time based on what is helpful and what the client notices about progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text sessions let people send messages between appointments and keep momentum when life is busy. These options help make consistent care more achievable for many people.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Melissa commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and related issues such as parenting stress, relationship strain, self-esteem, ADHD, and mood disorders.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her style is warm but direct and collaborative. She blends client-centered care with cognitive-behavioral techniques and trauma-focused methods to teach skills and process difficult memories.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has eight years of experience in the mental health field and several years providing online therapy and EMDR for trauma-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed professional counselor with LPC credentials in Texas and Oklahoma and currently practices from Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies 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 the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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