About Melanie
Melanie Mullins is a licensed mental health counselor who brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice in New York. She uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods to help people manage anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. Melanie listens without judgment and focuses on what can be changed in the present.
Her style is often direct and practical. She helps people break problems into smaller parts and build step-by-step coping strategies. Sessions may include skills practice, goal-setting, and short-term experiments that people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Melanie draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behaviors that keep people stuck. She also incorporates acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take action that matters to them. Motivational interviewing may be used when someone is weighing a big change.
People come to Melanie for a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, sleep and eating problems, and work or career stress. She also addresses things like compassion fatigue, parenting strain, and struggles with self-esteem and control. Melanie holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and is also a Licensed Professional Counselor in Connecticut.
She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging, and works with each person to find a practical plan that fits their life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about goals and preferences, try methods that fit a person's needs, and adjust the plan based on what is helpful. That collaborative process means techniques are tailored over time rather than fixed at the first session.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging offer short check-ins or flexible support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, New York
- Languages
- English