Melissa Strauss , LPC

Melissa Strauss is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. She combines a warm, engaging presence with a strengths-based focus, helping people recognize and use their existing resources to navigate life’s challenges. Melissa approaches therapy as a collaborative process and adapts evidence-informed methods to fit each person’s needs and goals.

Her clinical work spans a wide range of concerns, including stress and anxiety, depression, relationship and family dynamics, grief, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and blended family challenges, career and school concerns, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and life transitions. She also addresses attachment issues, body image and eating-related struggles, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, fertility and fatherhood topics, gender dysphoria, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, and questions about life purpose.

Melissa draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy to tailor care to each client. As an LPC, she brings clinical training and practical experience to each session while inviting clients to shape the direction of their work together.

How Melissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps aligned with personal values. It helps people manage anxiety, stress, and patterns that get in the way of a meaningful life by building psychological flexibility.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape emotions and behaviors. It can be especially useful for couples, parents, and anyone working through relationship wounds or attachment-related struggles.

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of the work, offering empathic listening and support to help clients explore their goals and make choices that feel authentic. This approach supports self-esteem, identity work, and navigating life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Melissa works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time as the work evolves.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to connect from different locations. These options provide flexibility in timing and format so clients can engage in therapy in the way that feels most practical and comfortable for them while working with licensed professionals and therapists.