Melissa Strauss

Melissa Strauss is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues tied to identity and family. Her tone is warm and direct, and she aims to make sessions feel collaborative and practical.

Melissa draws on different therapy methods to match each person's needs. She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered work. In sessions she pays attention to strengths, patterns in relationships, and how thoughts and actions link to feelings.

Her style is engaging and down-to-earth. She encourages people to share what they want from therapy and to shape the pace of work. Melissa focuses on clear steps that can reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and build more reliable routines for sleep, eating, and managing anger.

With 13 years of experience as an LPC, Melissa has supported concerns such as grief, parenting strain, career transitions, ADHD, body-image and eating-related worries, and coping with life changes. She also brings attention to attachment and blended family issues when relevant.

Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted. People interested in beginning work complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the available times.

How Melissa’s Approaches Translate Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, anger, and life transitions where values and behavior need to align. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns that lead to distress and testing new behaviors to see if they help. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating-related concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people share feelings in ways that improve connection and reduce conflict.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, what has helped or not helped before, and what feels comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress or new concerns appear.

Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow check-ins during a workday break. It also lets people continue therapy if they move or live outside the immediate region. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and relationship work to an online setting so therapy stays focused on practical change and better day-to-day coping.