Melissa Quigley, LPC

Melissa Quigley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 12 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. She also helps with relationship and family concerns and issues related to ADHD and bipolar disorder.

Her style is warm, down-to-earth, and interactive. Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation. She aims to tailor each plan to what a person needs and wants to achieve.

Melissa has worked in intensive outpatient programs, partial hospitalization, community behavioral health agencies, and private practice. She has experience supervising clinicians and directing programs that connect with schools and families in the Philadelphia region. That background informs how she blends practical tools with longer-term work.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behaviors. She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people feel heard and build present-moment skills. Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas may be used when they fit the goals.

Her approach emphasizes respect, compassion, and sensitivity. She works with people to set clear, achievable goals and to practice skills between meetings. Melissa encourages honesty and effort and is there to support progress along the way.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Melissa often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and make small behavior changes that reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and sleep disruption. She also uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood and can set their own goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clear. This collaborative process helps identify which techniques feel most useful for the client's situation.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not needed, and live chat or text-based messaging for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel and let people choose the format that helps them engage and practice new skills.