Melanie Griggs, LCMHC

Melanie Griggs is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 35 years of experience. She helps adults facing big life changes, midlife questions, and hard emotional moments. Her style is steady and down-to-earth, aimed at making difficult feelings easier to manage.

She focuses on common concerns like depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, and stress. She also supports people dealing with grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep issues, and struggles with identity. Melanie works to build practical coping skills and clearer thinking in everyday life.

Her approach blends client-centered conversation with structured techniques when useful. That means she listens first and then guides clients toward small, achievable changes. She often uses mindfulness practices and cognitive strategies to reduce worry and improve mood.

Melanie brings decades of clinical experience to sessions. She is familiar with long-term conditions and complex life histories, including chronic health issues and family-of-origin problems. Her aim is to help people find steadiness and regain a sense of purpose.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk through choices, losses, and career or identity shifts. Melanie encourages self-compassion while helping people make concrete changes that fit their lives.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own solutions. It is useful when someone wants a compassionate space to sort through feelings and choices.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can help with stress, sleep problems, and emotional overwhelm.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest ways to proceed. This is a collaborative process that can shift as progress is made.

Confirm the session formats offered before booking so they match everyday life and schedule needs. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a lunch break, reduce travel time, or allow a shorter check-in when days are busy. Ask about current session options when you complete the matching questionnaire so you know what to expect.