Hi. I'm Melissa.
I am a coffee drinker, a book lover, a mountain top climber and an embracer of the messy parts of things. I live in Hillsborough with my husband Andrew, daughter Olivia, son Ian, our extra large dog Lily and extra spunky cat Tywin.
I am also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. As a North Carolina native, I graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a
master’s degree in social work.
Both personally and professionally, I have had the privilege of coming alongside others as a support, in many different seasons of life through all sorts of circumstances and challenges.
My clinical social work experience thus far has included supporting patients and families adjusting to life altering illness/accidents at Wake Med Rehabilitation Hospital, providing crisis assessments and interventions at UNC Psychiatry Crisis Clinic and counseling families and individuals with diverse mental health needs in community mental health settings. In 2015, I took a new step in my career and began to practice privately as a psychotherapist in Chapel Hill, NC.
At this time, I am most experienced and interested in serving adults facing major life changes/adjustments, searching for meaning and purpose or working through anxiety and worry, mood disturbances and emotional dysregulation, past hurt or trauma, grief and loss, guilt and shame or difficult interpersonal and/or family dynamics. As a certified FOCCUS premarital counseling facilitator, I appreciate the opportunity to counsel dating and engaged couples through this unique season of their relationship. I am also interested in the intersection between faith and mental health and would love to explore any areas of faith, religion and/or spirituality that are meaningful for you.