Melisa Maling, LCSW, CSW - Therapist in Colorado

About Melisa

Melisa Maling is a licensed clinical social worker in Colorado with 33 years of experience. She focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She aims to offer a calm, respectful space where people can talk through hard moments and find practical ways forward.

Melisa tailors conversations to each person's needs and encourages gradual steps toward relief. Her work often centers on building safety after trauma and on finding ways to grieve and carry on.

Background and approach

She uses approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what the person can manage. Melisa also supports people facing attachment and adoption-related questions, communication struggles, and feelings of guilt or shame.

She brings experience addressing workplace stress and women's issues as part of broader life changes. She listens for what matters most and helps prioritize achievable goals. Her background includes executive and professional coaching experience alongside clinical practice.

That background informs practical skill-building and clear planning during sessions. Over decades of practice she has worked with many presentations and shapes treatment plans to each situation. Melisa is licensed in Colorado as an LCSW, CSW.

Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience. The therapist reflects your concerns back, helps you name what matters, and supports your own choices about next steps. This approach is helpful when someone needs a compassionate, steady space to sort through feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It helps identify unhelpful thinking and tries small behavioral experiments to reduce distress. This approach is often useful for improving mood, self-esteem, and coping after stressful events.

Trauma-Focused Therapy works directly with the impact of past hurt. It uses careful, paced steps to build safety and reduce the hold of painful memories over daily life. This method supports people who want structured ways to process trauma while moving toward more stable functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and comfort level, and then suggest methods to try. Decisions are made collaboratively and adjusted over time based on what helps.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Sessions can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to match schedules and needs. These options make it easier to attend regularly, practice new skills between sessions, and maintain momentum from home or work.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting matters, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, plus related issues like attachment, adoption questions, and workplace stress.

How would sessions feel day to day?

Sessions are conversational and practical. The therapist listens first, then helps set small goals and skills to practice between meetings.

What is her clinical background?

She has 33 years of professional experience and has combined clinical work with executive and professional coaching.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and is licensed in Colorado with license number CO LCSW CSW.00991658.

In what languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people from other countries work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What formats are available for meeting?

Meetings can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are fees and getting started handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 33 years
Licensed: Colorado
Languages: English

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