Melissa Schreiber, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

About Melissa

Melissa Schreiber is a licensed clinical mental health counselor practicing in North Carolina. She brings 20 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and struggles around intimacy and relationships. Melissa offers practical guidance for those facing addiction, trauma, anger, and major life changes.

She aims to build a calm, direct space where people can talk through immediate problems and learn new ways to respond. Her style is warm and grounded.

Background and approach

Melissa uses clear, relatable language and focuses on skills that people can try between sessions. She draws on client-centered principles that center the person's experience, and on therapy methods that teach concrete tools for thinking and relating differently. Sessions balance talking through feelings with learning specific strategies.

Melissa has a long history supporting relationship concerns and family-related issues. She also works with problems that often show up around attachment, blended family challenges, codependency, and communication breakdowns. Her background includes work with people dealing with addiction, domestic violence, gender-related issues, and end-of-life and hospice concerns.

She holds the LCMHC credential - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - issued in North Carolina (NC LCMHC 14223). Melissa is comfortable using several evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, emotion-focused work, and methods aimed at strengthening relationship connections. Sessions are available in English and Melissa accepts international clients.

Many people choose to meet by video, phone, chat, or text messaging to fit therapy into their lives.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Melissa uses client-centered work to focus on each person's experience and priorities. This approach involves listening carefully, reflecting what matters most, and helping people make choices that fit their values and goals.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical techniques to shift reactions and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and patterns that feed stress and impulsivity.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy is another tool she uses to address relationship and intimacy concerns. EFT helps people notice emotions, communicate needs more clearly, and rebuild connection where it has frayed.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then tailor methods in a collaborative way rather than applying a single technique.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet the same therapeutic goals. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions remove travel needs, and live chat or text messaging make it easier to check in between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain consistency while working on change.

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 concerns does Melissa support?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family problems, intimacy-related issues, anger, and coping with life changes.

What is her general therapy style?

Her approach is warm and client-centered, using plain language and practical skills. Sessions mix listening with tools people can use between visits.

What experience does she bring?

Melissa has 20 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - in North Carolina, license number NC LCMHC 14223.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use 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 according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: North Carolina
Languages: English

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