Melissa Averett, LPC

Melissa Averett is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of clinical experience. She works from Louisiana and meets people where they are. Her approach is practical and straightforward. She helps clients clarify goals and learn concrete skills to feel better day to day.

She earned a master of education in counseling and has spent years in both residential and outpatient settings. Melissa spent four years supporting women in residential addiction recovery and nine years providing outpatient counseling to adults with a variety of concerns. That mix gives her experience with crisis-driven care and longer-term therapy work.

In sessions she uses client-centered methods to build rapport and let the client's goals lead the work. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts. Those tools are used to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and addiction concerns among others.

Melissa teaches practical skills such as setting healthy boundaries, improving self-esteem, assertive communication, and coping strategies. She also works with relationship and family-of-origin issues, sleep problems, anger, and mood concerns like bipolar disorder. Her style aims to be warm and empathic while keeping the work focused and goal-oriented.

People who want clear feedback and hands-on coping tools may find her approach helpful. She prefers to work collaboratively and to set achievable steps the client can practice between sessions.

How Melissa Uses Talk Therapy Online

Client-centered therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship and follows the client's lead to set goals and priorities. This approach helps people clarify what matters to them and decide the next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new ways of thinking and coping to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Sessions may combine listening, skill teaching, and thought-restructuring exercises based on what the client prefers.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and practicing communication skills, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support quick check-ins or short coaching-style moments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity across life changes.