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Melissa Schreiber, LCMHC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Melissa

Melissa Schreiber is a licensed mental health counselor in North Carolina who has spent 20 years helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, grief, trauma, depression, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She works with clients facing intimacy-related concerns, anger, coping with change, and a wide range of family and attachment challenges including blended family issues, communication problems, codependency, and family of origin wounds. Additional focus areas include substance-related concerns, domestic violence, gender dysphoria, grief at end of life, and support for clients living with HIV/AIDS.

Her practice blends compassionate listening with practical, evidence-informed techniques. Melissa draws on Internal Family Systems alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to help clients understand internal conflicts, shift unhelpful patterns, and build new ways of relating to themselves and others.

She also integrates emotion-focused and existential perspectives when exploring relational dynamics and personal meaning. Clients find an emphasis on respectful collaboration and skill development, with the aim of increasing resilience and clearer decision making.

Melissa holds the NC LCMHC credential and brings two decades of clinical experience to each therapeutic relationship, offering care in English and accepting international clients for online work.

Integrating relational approaches with online care

Melissa draws from Internal Family Systems to help clients map and dialogue with different parts of the self, promoting internal harmony and reducing reactive patterns; this approach is useful for working with trauma responses, strong emotions, and conflicted inner states. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the client's experience through attentive, nonjudgmental listening that fosters self-exploration and personal growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist partners with each client to understand goals, preferences, and needs, and tailors methods over time rather than prescribing a single path. This flexibility helps ensure treatment fits the person rather than forcing the person to fit the method.

Online therapy with Melissa is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexible access for clients in different time zones or with varied schedules. These formats make it possible to continue momentum between sessions and to work on skills in the contexts where challenges actually arise, supporting consistent progress despite geographic barriers.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Melissa commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style emphasizes empathy and collaboration, blending compassionate listening with practical, evidence-informed techniques to help clients build insight and skills.
What level of experience does she bring to therapy?
Melissa has 20 years of clinical experience working with a broad range of emotional and relational issues.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is licensed as an LCMHC in North Carolina under NC LCMHC 14223 and practices from that jurisdiction.
Does she work with non-English or international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she does accept international clients for online work.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and scheduling.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityJealousyMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English