Melissa Adcock, LCSW, CSW

Melissa Adcock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She also supports people managing relationship strain, anger, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns. Melissa works with practical problems like career questions, family conflict, and immigration issues. She brings 11 years of clinical experience and a background as a clinical social worker. Her approach is down-to-earth. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps you can try between meetings. Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. She also draws on client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on each person’s priorities. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and solution-focused techniques appear when teaching coping tools and building short-term change. Therapy with her usually involves setting concrete objectives and practicing new skills. She helps people break big problems into manageable parts. Sessions can cover communication, boundaries, managing emotions, and planning next steps. Melissa describes the work as collaborative. She encourages people to guide the pace and choose what feels most useful. If a different direction seems better, she supports finding the best fit for each person. She offers care from Colorado and conducts sessions in English. The format and rhythm of work vary by need, with an emphasis on usable strategies and real-world changes.

Practical therapy approaches for online care

Melissa often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many daily challenges because it breaks problems into small, testable steps. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which means sessions follow what matters most to the person and focus on listening and support rather than imposing a fixed plan. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills appear when someone needs concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust as progress or preferences become clearer. Clients help set the pace and choose which skills to keep practicing between sessions.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are; phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited; chat and messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing, text-based conversations. These options give flexibility for different schedules, comfort levels, and ways of working.