Melissa Hummelt

Melissa Hummelt welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or angry and want clear steps forward. She focuses on building a trusting working relationship first so clients feel heard and understood. Melissa uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, relationship struggles, and life transitions.

Melissa holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and lists 15 years of experience as a licensed clinician. She has worked with concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, and self-esteem. Her background includes helping people with fertility and pregnancy-related stress, postpartum depression, and issues common to young adults and women.

Her approach centers on collaborative problem solving. Melissa often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then practices new skills in session. She also draws on client-centered work to keep the focus on each person’s priorities, and mixes in mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the client’s goals.

Sessions emphasize practical strategies, clear goal-setting, and learning tools to use between meetings. Melissa aims to help clients notice patterns, try different responses, and build routines that reduce reactivity and improve relationships. She describes her style as warm and nonjudgmental while keeping the work focused on what will help most.

To start, she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's priorities. It helps people who need a supportive space to name problems and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses short exercises to practice different responses; this is useful for anxiety, anger, and mood concerns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa treats the choice of methods as collaborative and adjusts techniques to match a person's goals, preferences, and life situation. She checks in about what helps and what doesn’t, and adapts the plan as progress is made.

The therapist's listing specifies live-chat and asynchronous messaging as current options; confirm session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use written reflection between visits. Many people find that practicing CBT exercises or mindfulness skills in short, regular online interactions helps them build new habits over time.