Eva "Melissa" Gadd, LMSW - Therapist in Michigan

About Eva

Eva "Melissa" Gadd is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 25 years of clinical experience. She welcomes people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, mood shifts, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and warm, focusing on real needs parents and caregivers often bring.

Sessions aim to be straightforward and respectful of busy lives. Melissa draws on methods that fit each person rather than using one fixed style. She blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral tools and motivational interviewing to address thoughts, habits, and readiness for change.

Background and approach

Mindfulness and emotionally-focused ideas are added when helpful to build calm and stronger connections. Her background includes social work in medical and therapeutic settings across Michigan. That mix taught her to pay attention to medical, social, and family factors that shape problems.

She leans on a Person-in-Environment view to see struggles in context and identify useful next steps. In sessions she looks for simple, practical changes. That might mean trying a few behavior experiments, practicing brief mindfulness, or talking through a difficult conversation.

Melissa also helps people cope with caregiving stress, chronic illness concerns, and aging-related issues using straightforward tools. Therapy can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging based on what fits a person’s schedule. She works in English and accepts international clients, and sessions are arranged through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on compassionate listening and helping people set their own goals. The therapist creates a space to be heard and then helps identify practical steps that fit each person's life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and tests small changes to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and express key emotions so relationships and personal coping feel clearer and more connected.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to try based on problems, goals, and what feels comfortable. Most plans blend approaches so the work stays practical and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match a family's schedule. These formats make it easier to fit brief check-ins, skill practice, and longer conversations into busy days. The variety also allows people to use the way of communicating that helps them engage most effectively.

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.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping problems, anger, career stress, bipolar mood concerns, and related challenges.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, emotionally-focused ideas, and motivational interviewing to shape sessions around each person.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings 25 years of experience working in medical social work and therapy settings in Michigan.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Master Social Worker - LMSW, with license MI LMSW 6801073587, practicing from Michigan.

In which languages can sessions take place?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.

How does pricing and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 25 years
Licensed: Michigan
Languages: English

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