Melanie Gerber, LMHC

Melanie Gerber is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience based in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and addiction concerns. Her work also includes support around grief, trauma and relationship and intimacy issues.

She uses practical, talk-based methods that center the person in front of her. Sessions aim to identify what's most distressing and build small, usable skills for day-to-day life. Melanie blends cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance and attachment-informed perspectives to match what each person needs.

Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through hard moments. Melanie pays attention to how relationships, family background, and past hurts shape current patterns. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and practice emotional skills.

Her work also addresses identity-related stress and LGBT concerns, parenting strain, career-related pressure, and co-occurring issues such as depression, bipolar mood shifts, and ADHD. She supports people dealing with abandonment, codependency, eating or substance-related problems, and separation or divorce.

Melanie favors clear, step-by-step plans alongside compassionate listening. Over time she helps people build routines, communication habits, and coping tools that fit their life. She works with each person to set achievable goals and track progress in concrete ways.

Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits

Melanie brings cognitive behavioral ideas and acceptance-based practices into online therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors so daily life feels more manageable; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes accepting difficult feelings while clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them, which can help with avoidance, anxiety, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and supports building healthier ways of relating and communicating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Melanie collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and current situation. She checks in about what is and isn’t helpful and adjusts the approach so it fits the person’s pace and needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving options for different rhythms of care. Video lets people use screen-sharing for worksheets and practice exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and quick message check-ins or live chat can help maintain momentum between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, parenting, and daily routines.