Melanie Gerber

Melanie Gerber is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and anger while supporting life transitions and identity questions. Her style is warm and affirming and she aims to make sessions feel straightforward and usable.

Melanie uses a client-centered approach that starts with listening. She helps people name what matters most, set realistic steps, and practice simple skills between sessions. Therapies she commonly draws on include cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-based ways of looking at relationships.

Clients come to Melanie for a wide range of concerns. These include mood disorders such as depression and bipolar challenges, trauma and abuse recovery, grief, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy struggles, and issues tied to substance use or eating. She also supports people facing career strain, compassion fatigue, and problems with self-esteem or body image.

Her additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment issues, blended family dynamics, codependency, dissociation, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems. Melanie also works with concerns related to ADHD, co-morbidity, and both drug and alcohol addiction.

Sessions are offered in English from her New York practice. She aims to help people build practical tools, shift difficult patterns, and move toward clearer choices in daily life.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing painful thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when anger, anxiety, or life changes get in the way of what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and trust, and it can be helpful for intimacy struggles, abandonment concerns, and family-related issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful, and she will adjust the plan as goals and needs change. That teamwork helps shape practical steps and exercises that fit the individual.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session options when you book. Melanie practices in New York and uses therapeutic approaches that translate to remote sessions, but please check which formats are available before scheduling. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so skills can be practiced between meetings.