- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Melinda
Melinda Andre is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Georgia with 22 years of experience. She focuses on parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Melinda offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck and helps them set clear, manageable goals.
Her style is practical and compassionate. She makes space for honest conversations and helps parents and individuals work through immediate problems.
Background and approach
Sessions are task-focused when needed and also allow time to process difficult emotions. Melinda draws on several approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses client-centered work to build trust and listening.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. She also uses solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals and track progress. Her background includes long experience addressing reunification, addiction, domestic violence, anger management, and parenting challenges.
She has worked with parents managing children’s behavioral needs and special needs, and with people coping with trauma, attachment and family-of-origin issues. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Melinda helps people plan realistic steps and practice new skills between meetings.
Her approach emphasizes steady progress and building coping tools that fit everyday life.
What Melinda works with
Everything Melinda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Melinda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melinda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
How Melinda’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. It helps build trust and lets the conversation follow what matters most to the parent or individual. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors that follow. It offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change patterns that cause stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and process strong feelings to improve emotional connection and handle painful experiences more directly.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melinda will discuss goals and preferences at the start and adjust methods as needed. She collaborates with people to pick strategies that fit their situation and checks progress so the plan can change if something isn’t helping.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for short check-ins, quick coaching, or between-session support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy family schedules and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Melinda
What concerns does Melinda focus on?
She helps with parenting challenges plus stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, trauma and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include ADHD, attachment and family-of-origin concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and compassionate, with a mix of listening and goal-setting. Sessions combine honest conversation with specific steps to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 22 years of experience working with parents and individuals, including work on reunification, addiction, anger management, and parenting with children who have behavioral or special needs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW and CSW licensed in Georgia and practices from that state.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and subscription work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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