Melissa Snodgrass, LISW-CP, LCSW

Melissa Snodgrass is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in North Carolina. She holds an LCSW and a LISW-CP and brings four years of clinical experience to her practice. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes.

Her work begins by listening to each person's story and identifying strengths they already have. She treats clients as the expert on their own life and partners with them to set realistic goals. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills that can be used between meetings.

Melissa uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and develop different ways of thinking. She also draws on acceptance and commitment techniques to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. Her approach is adaptable and aimed at what each person needs most in the moment.

She favors a straightforward, warm style in sessions. People can expect a mix of talk, skill practice, and real-life planning. The goal is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes.

Melissa is comfortable working over video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging when that fits a person's schedule. She emphasizes collaboration and supports people as they try new strategies and adjust goals over time.

How Melissa’s approaches work online

Melissa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot patterns in their thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress. CBT usually involves identifying unhelpful thinking, testing those thoughts, and practicing alternative responses to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy which focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking small actions that align with those values. ACT helps when people feel stuck by building flexibility around difficult emotions rather than trying to eliminate them.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Melissa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and will recommend methods that match those needs. Together they adjust techniques over time if something isn’t working or if priorities change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for longer therapeutic work when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, or arranging appointments. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.