Melissa Campos, LMHC, LCMHC

Melissa Campos is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who offers a calm, respectful space for people facing hard times. She focuses on helping individuals who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or coping with health challenges and other major life changes. Melissa speaks English and Spanish and brings 16 years of experience to her work.

In sessions she uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage symptoms and make changes that feel doable. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and acceptance-based ideas to help people live by their values. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy may be used to build emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Melissa also incorporates trauma-focused work when needed and may use approaches such as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for processing painful memories. Her style is collaborative - she listens first, then suggests steps a person can try between sessions. Goals are concrete and realistic.

People come to her for help with relationships, parenting strain, addiction concerns, sleep problems, career stress, self-esteem, and issues related to chronic illness or caregiver stress. She supports people through grief, attachment and abandonment wounds, and transitions like divorce or blended family life.

Sessions follow the client’s pace and priorities. Melissa emphasizes coping skills, communication strategies, and decision-making support so people can return to daily life with clearer choices and better tools.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are difficult. It focuses on living with purpose rather than trying to eliminate every uncomfortable feeling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that supports processing distressing memories; when appropriate, elements of that work can be adapted to a therapy plan online.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client’s goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those needs. Together they try options and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful in real life.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some people appreciate being able to continue care during life transitions or while managing health challenges. Confirm the specific session formats available before booking so arrangements match the person’s schedule and comfort with different meeting styles.