Melissa Meengs

Melissa Meengs is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help clients build confidence and handle life changes. Melissa aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.

Her approach blends proven techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness and solution-focused strategies. Sessions often focus on concrete skills - managing panic, calming anxious thoughts, or shifting unhelpful patterns of behavior. She also uses motivational interviewing to support people who feel stuck or uncertain about change.

Melissa has worked across many settings over two decades, which informs her flexible and down-to-earth style. She helps people address attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, communication problems, and feelings of isolation. Readers will find practical steps for coping, not just talk about problems.

When facing difficult transitions such as separation, midlife shifts, or questions about life purpose, she helps clients map small, doable changes. Melissa also supports people working through guilt, shame, impulsivity, and mood challenges. Her work targets specific symptoms like panic attacks and symptoms tied to past trauma.

Sessions are delivered from her Michigan practice, and she speaks English. Melissa welcomes international clients and will work with each person to set goals and find approaches that fit their daily life.

How Melissa’s Approaches Fit with Online Therapy