Melissa Schreiber, LCMHC

Melissa Schreiber is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, anger, trauma, and major life changes. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy-related concerns.

She works in a warm, straightforward way. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. Melissa listens closely, then helps identify patterns that keep problems going. She favors clear goals and small experiments that build skills over time.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered techniques. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, while keeping each person’s values and pace central. She also draws on emotionally focused ideas to address painful attachment patterns and the Gottman Method for relationship communication when useful.

Melissa has two decades of clinical experience across many relationship and family issues. She has worked with people dealing with codependency, blended family struggles, divorce and separation, and family-of-origin concerns. She also supports people managing drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence histories, HIV/AIDS related issues, and end-of-life and hospice concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and Melissa accepts international clients. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Melissa’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It involves listening without judgment and helping people clarify their own goals and values. This approach is useful when someone wants to feel heard and to make sense of what matters to them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. Sessions use check-ins, worksheets, and small behavior experiments to reduce anxiety, manage cravings, or change unhelpful patterns. It works well for stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction-related concerns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and shift painful attachment patterns in close relationships. In online sessions this can include guided conversations and exercises that improve communication and emotional responsiveness.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. Together they decide which methods fit the client’s needs, pace, and preferences.

Online formats allow flexible ways to connect. Video calls offer face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, share updates, or work through brief challenges without scheduling a full call.