Melissa Romain, LISW - Therapist in Ohio

About Melissa

Melissa Romain is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio. She uses a client-centered, strengths-focused approach to help people understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, and addictive behaviors.

Melissa aims to offer practical tools and clearer choices so people can move forward one step at a time. She brings 15 years of experience in behavioral health settings including outpatient counseling and residential treatment.

Background and approach

That background means she is familiar with a range of struggles such as depression, adjustment issues, and challenges tied to substance use. Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment and blended family issues, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems. Melissa integrates attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and mindfulness practices.

She also draws from psychodynamic and solution-focused approaches to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. In conversation she helps clients recognize patterns, learn small skills, and test new ways of handling difficult moments. Sessions can address parenting stress, communication breakdowns, anger or impulsivity, and questions about life purpose or self-esteem.

Her style is straightforward and supportive with an emphasis on practical next steps. Melissa expects therapy to be a collaborative process where clients set goals and try changes between sessions. She offers services in English from Ohio and works through an online subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, clients follow the platform’s Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Therapy approaches and how they work online

Melissa often blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered and mindfulness approaches. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and shift those patterns to feel more connected. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client’s priorities, which is useful for parents and adults sorting through stress or life changes. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills that help with anxiety, anger, and overwhelming emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Melissa works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. She will check in about what feels helpful and adjust the focus over time so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to use shorter check-ins or longer conversations as needed. The range of options supports different communication styles and helps people continue their work even when life is hectic.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Melissa help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting, addictions, relationship and anger issues, self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her approach is client-centered and strengths based, using mindful awareness, attachment ideas, psychodynamic reflection, and solution-focused steps to support change.

What background does she bring to sessions?

Melissa has 15 years of experience in outpatient counseling and residential treatment settings, working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) in Ohio with license number OH LISW I.0800245-SUPV.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Ohio
Languages: English

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