- Years in practice
- 35
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Melanie
Melanie Griggs is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) with 35 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and major life changes. She approaches each person with calm, straightforward care and practical steps to feel steadier day to day.
Her work focuses on common problems that make life harder, such as depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, addiction, and sleep difficulties. She helps people find clearer thinking, better coping skills, and more consistent self-care.
Background and approach
Melanie pays attention to how stress shows up in the body and daily routine as well as in thoughts and feelings. Melanie uses a mix of talk-based strategies and skills practice. She draws on client-centered methods to listen and respond to what matters most to each person.
Cognitive behavioral ideas help people notice unhelpful patterns and test new behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are offered to reduce reactivity and increase calm. Her practice also includes trauma-focused work and motivational interviewing when people want support to change habits or recover from painful experiences.
Sessions are geared toward realistic goals, one step at a time. Melanie frames progress as small, steady shifts rather than overnight fixes. Based in North Carolina, she works in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Melanie supports parents and others trying to balance caregiving, work, and emotional health, and she helps people reshape routines to support long-term wellbeing.
What Melanie works with
Everything Melanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Melanie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melanie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's concerns and priorities. It emphasizes listening, acceptance, and tailoring the work to a client's goals, which helps shape online sessions into something immediately useful.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches people to notice patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. Online CBT often includes short exercises, thought records, and practical behavior experiments that can be done between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful habits.
Mindfulness therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to lower reactivity and increase calm. These techniques adapt well to remote sessions because they can be practiced live with guidance and then reinforced through brief daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss symptoms, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit each person's needs. That collaborative process helps adjust techniques over time so the plan stays useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, and maintaining momentum between longer appointments. Together these options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Melanie
What concerns can Melanie help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, sleep problems, parenting challenges, relationship strain, and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining client-centered listening with practical skills from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches.
How much experience does she have?
She has 35 years of clinical experience working with adults across many life stages and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCMHC credential and practices in North Carolina.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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