Melissa specializes in treating teens and adults with anxiety-based disorders, sexual, emotional, and physical trauma, substance abuse, depression, and obsessive thoughts. She has extensive knowledge and experience working with dissociative disorders including Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and personality disorders.  

Counseling is a second career for Melissa as she previously worked with the Dallas Police Department as an Intelligence Research Specialist after getting an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice.

Education and Training

• Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor

• Masters Degree in Counseling, Texas A&M University, Commerce

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

• Gottman Method

Areas of Focus

• Trauma and PTSD

• Law Enforcement

• Veterans

• Dissociation

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Personality Disorders

Professional Endeavors

• DCTC, Assistant Clinical Director-Uptown Dallas

• Facilitator, Caruth Police Institute

• Presenter, 4th Annual Women of Law Enforcement Conference

• Member, EMDR International Association

• Member, Texas Counseling Association

• Member, American Counseling Association