Carrie Melton, LMSW

Carrie Melton is a licensed social worker with 12 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She practices from a collaborative, person-centered stance and aims to create a respectful, affirming space for a variety of identities. Carrie uses clear, practical steps so people can start feeling more capable in daily life.

Her work often focuses on mood and anxiety concerns, coping with transitions, and challenges around intimacy and relationships. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and career or coaching questions. A focus on LGBT issues appears throughout her practice in an affirming way.

Carrie blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered methods. She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns, try small behavior changes, and clarify personal values to guide choices. Mindfulness and some Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

In sessions she listens for what matters most to each person and then tries practical steps that fit everyday life. Conversations include communication skills, ways to manage overwhelm, and short experiments clients can try between sessions. The pace is set by the client and goals are revisited as progress is made.

She works with adults on a wide range of concerns including ADHD, relationship and family strain, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue. Carrie holds an LMSW, practices in Michigan, and conducts therapy in English.

CBT and Values-Based Work in Online Therapy

Carrie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into specific thoughts, actions, and results.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take action in line with those values. ACT supports people who want to pursue meaningful goals even when uncomfortable feelings are present. Client-centered methods are woven throughout, so sessions stay focused on each person's priorities and pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carrie collaborates with clients to pick strategies that fit their needs, goals, and daily life. She reviews what’s working and adjusts tools together so therapy remains practical and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging helps people stay connected between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.