- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Melinda
Melinda Dunbar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can take now to feel steadier and more capable. Melinda emphasizes clear goals and steady progress in sessions.
Her approach centers on listening first and then building a plan that fits each person's situation. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral work and attachment-based ideas to identify unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
EMDR is part of her practice for those coping with trauma symptoms. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Melinda favors straightforward conversations and hands-on strategies.
She helps people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviors, practice different responses, and try experiments between sessions. She also brings emotionally focused techniques to improve closeness and communication where that is a concern. With nine years of counseling experience, Melinda draws on a range of methods rather than a single formula.
She tailors plans to what a person needs and revisits approaches if something isn’t working. The goal is steady, meaningful change rather than quick fixes. Many clients seek her out for help with parenting stress, codependency, forgiveness work, or recovering from hurtful relationships.
She works in English and bases her work in Texas. New clients will find a calm, goal-oriented style that aims to build confidence and clearer choices.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Melinda lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Melinda often draws on attachment-based work to help people understand and change patterns in close relationships. This approach looks at how early bonds shape expectations and responses in adult connections and can help with parenting stress and communication problems.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT focuses on small experiments between sessions and practical tools to reduce anxiety, depression, or problematic coping. For people carrying trauma, EMDR can be offered as a way to process distressing memories and reduce their hold on everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through your goals, preferences, and symptoms and then try methods together. If something doesn’t fit, adjustments are made so the plan matches what helps you most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, parenting, and daily life.
Questions people ask about Melinda
What kinds of concerns does Melinda address?
She supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, anger, and life changes among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical steps, and conversations that connect feelings to behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience providing counseling and psychotherapy to people with a range of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in Texas and provides services based in that state.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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