Melissa Mendez, LPC

Melissa Mendez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Texas. She brings eight years of experience in mental health and has focused much of her recent work online. Melissa aims to create a warm, direct, and collaborative space for people seeking clearer coping skills and steadier emotional ground.

Melissa helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and related concerns like ADHD and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, family of origin issues, and career or life transitions. Her approach centers on understanding how past experiences shape current reactions.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, trauma-focused work, and EMDR in her practice. Sessions tend to balance structure with flexibility so each plan fits the person in front of her. Melissa looks for ways to build practical skills and small, steady changes that add up over time.

Her style is straightforward and respectful of each person’s choices. She welcomes people who want to reflect, grow, and practice new coping tools. Melissa emphasizes helping the nervous system settle after stress or trauma and teaching techniques that can be used between sessions.

Melissa began her career after studying nutritional sciences at Texas A&M University and moved into online practice during the pandemic. She focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes and partners with clients to set realistic goals and track meaningful steps forward.

How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online

Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching practical tools for anxiety, depression, and stress management. She also offers EMDR as a trauma-focused option that aims to reduce the emotional intensity of distressing memories when that approach fits a person’s needs.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Melissa discusses goals and preferences with each person and adapts methods based on what feels most useful. She frames the process as collaborative and reviews progress so adjustments can be made together.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact and reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue care from different locations.