Melissa Tejeda

Melissa Tejeda, LPC, helps people who feel overwhelmed by anger, anxiety, depression, or life changes find clearer ways forward. She writes simple tools with clients so feelings stop driving decisions. Her tone is direct and calm, and she aims to make each session feel focused and useful for everyday life.

Melissa draws on six years of clinical work and a decade as a school counselor working with children, teens, and families. She uses straightforward strategies to build coping skills and to shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Sessions emphasize practical steps clients can try between meetings.

Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and elements from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness. That means clients set goals, and Melissa supports them while teaching ways to notice thoughts, manage intense emotions, and change behaviors that keep problems going.

She also uses solution-focused methods to help people break big problems into small, solvable steps. For trauma and difficult memories she offers trauma-informed support aimed at reducing their daily impact and regaining control over reactions.

Melissa works with a wide range of concerns including stress, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, substance use struggles, and questions about identity for LGBT people. She is based in Texas and conducts sessions in English. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first meeting.

How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered work means sessions focus on the client’s goals and experiences. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps people shape their own next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones to change mood and behavior. Dialectical behavior therapy offers specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa will talk about which methods match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences and adjust plans based on what helps most. That makes therapy a collaborative process rather than a fixed recipe.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use quieter surroundings, avoid being on camera if preferred, or schedule sessions around work and family responsibilities.