Melissa Sherfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Oklahoma with eight years of clinical experience.
01About Melissa
Melissa Sherfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Oklahoma with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and issues around intimacy. Her approach is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping clients take small, practical steps forward.
She creates a calm space where people can talk about difficult feelings without fear of judgment. Melissa encourages honest conversations about motivation, confidence, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She frames change as a series of doable steps rather than an overwhelming overhaul. Melissa often helps people who are coping with life changes, grief, anger, and trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges.
Her background includes work with a wide range of related concerns such as body image, attachment issues, and communication problems. Sessions focus on clear goals and measurable progress. Melissa blends listening with practical suggestions so clients can try new ways of handling stress between sessions.
She emphasizes skill building and real-world practice. People who prefer a direct, encouraging counselor tend to do well with her style. She aims to empower each person to make choices that fit their life and values while offering steady guidance along the way.
02Credentials
- LPC (Oklahoma)
- License LPC07685 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1225518723 · 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
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes teaching coping skills for anxiety and stress, helping people learn breathing, grounding, and thought-management tools to use when they feel overwhelmed. Another approach centers on improving self-esteem and relationship patterns by identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to test different outcomes in everyday life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts pace and techniques as progress is made so the plan fits how the person prefers to work.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short reflections or ongoing coaching between visits. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Melissa address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and supportive with practical steps and skill building. Sessions focus on clear goals and real-world practice.
What is her professional background?
Melissa has eight years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns in clinical settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in Oklahoma and practices there.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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