- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Melissa
Melissa McLaurin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting concerns. Melissa helps people who are coping with grief, anger, relationship strain, and life changes.
She also supports those dealing with ADHD and compassion fatigue. Her approach starts with listening. She offers a respectful, curious, and nonjudgmental space.
Sessions emphasize understanding each person's experience before deciding what to try next.
Background and approach
Melissa draws on client-centered work and evidence-informed techniques. She may use cognitive behavioral strategies to address thinking patterns and behaviors. She also brings mindfulness practices to help with emotional regulation and present-moment awareness.
She pays attention to family and attachment themes when those are relevant. Melissa has experience with adoption and foster care related concerns, blended family issues, fatherhood issues, and caregiver stress. She also supports people navigating abandonment, infidelity, and communication problems.
Her background includes a decade of counseling experience and a commitment to working across cultural differences. Melissa aims to tailor sessions to each person's goals. She helps people set practical steps, practice new skills, and track progress over time.
What Melissa works with
Everything Melissa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Melissa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- 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 work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building rapport. It helps people feel understood and guides decisions about what to try next, which suits video or messaging formats where conversation and reflection are central.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and experiments. CBT works well online because worksheets, homework, and short skills practice can be shared during video or text-based sessions to reinforce changes.
Mindfulness therapy brings simple attention and breathing practices into sessions. These techniques help with anxiety, stress, and emotion regulation and can be practiced together live or guided over audio and text.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide together whether to emphasize skill work, exploration of past patterns, or present-moment practices.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat fits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, parenting, and caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does Melissa help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting concerns, plus relationship problems, grief, anger, ADHD, and related family issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Melissa uses a client-centered style that begins with close listening and respect. She combines that with practical strategies tailored to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has about 10 years of professional counseling experience working with trauma, mood concerns, and family-related topics.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MN LPCC, practicing from Minnesota.
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.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and 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 according to therapist availability.
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