Therapist profile
Melissa Pierce, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anxiety and Relationships
Continue with MelissaWhere Melissa stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Texas / 73854
- NPI
- 1417483272
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- Client-centered approach
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- DBT skills work
About Melissa
Melissa Pierce is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 20 years of experience. She works with adults who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, sleep problems, or depression. Melissa also addresses codependency and issues around intimacy and communication.
She focuses on straightforward, person-focused conversations. Sessions look at patterns that lead to people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or staying in emotionally draining dynamics. She uses clear techniques to help clients notice thoughts and behaviors, practice new skills, and reduce symptoms that make daily life harder.
Melissa draws on client-centered methods to make the client's priorities central to each session. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change coping habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings run high.
She also incorporates EMDR when trauma memories are getting in the way of current functioning, and existential ideas to help people find direction and personal meaning. Those approaches get chosen based on what a client brings and what seems most useful in practice.
Sessions are conversational and practical. Melissa aims to help people build clearer boundaries, improve communication, and manage strong emotions. To begin, prospective clients use the site's matching steps to schedule a first appointment and talk about immediate concerns.
How sessions work
How Melissa’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy places the client's concerns and choices at the center of each session. It involves listening closely and shaping sessions around what the person wants to address, which can help with relationship patterns and codependency-related behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. EMDR focuses on processing distressing memories that continue to affect current functioning; it is used when trauma or painful events are part of the presenting problem.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk about goals, try methods in session, and adjust the plan as needed. That means techniques may shift from skills practice to memory processing as needs change.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into busy schedules and reducing travel time. Confirm the specific session formats available before booking, since the biography does not list formats. Online meetings can allow for shorter check-ins or cameras-off conversations when that helps, and they can make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work or caregiving demands.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, and depression, and lists codependency among focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-focused, conversational style that centers the client's goals and practical skills work such as CBT and DBT techniques.
How much experience does she have?
Melissa has 20 years of professional experience in mental health practice in Texas.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices with that credential.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.