- Anxiety and depression
- Blended family issues
- Mindfulness and solutions
About Melissa
Melissa Romain is an Ohio LISW (Licensed Independent Social Worker) with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, parenting stresses, and relationship and family concerns including blended family issues. Sessions focus on understanding thoughts, feelings, and behavior to make clearer choices day to day.
She has experience in outpatient counseling and residential treatment settings. That background shapes a straightforward, skills-oriented approach. Melissa uses client-centered and strengths-based work to help people notice patterns and practice different responses.
Her training includes psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused approaches that explore how past experiences affect current relationships and reactions. She also uses solution-focused techniques to set concrete, short-term goals and mindfulness strategies to manage stress and intense feelings.
Melissa has taught as an adjunct instructor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. That teaching role keeps her linked to current clinical thinking and practical tools for clients.
In sessions she helps people talk through parenting issues, family of origin concerns, and the particular frictions that come with blending households. She also addresses grief, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, and substance use concerns with practical coping strategies.
Outside of work she is a dog owner and keeps active with yoga, kickboxing, and weight training. To begin, readers are asked to use the site matching tool and schedule an initial session after completing the brief questionnaire.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions. Online sessions can be used to notice those patterns and practice different ways of relating when family stress or blended household tensions arise. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and strengths. In a session the therapist listens, reflects, and helps people set realistic steps they can try between meetings. Mindfulness techniques teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm. These practices are useful for anxiety, anger, and stress around parenting or co-parenting roles.Choosing an approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs and goals. That process looks at current struggles, preferred ways of working, and short-term objectives before settling on a plan.
The site biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm available session options before booking. Online sessions can often make it easier to fit meetings into a workday, shorten check-ins when schedules are tight, or allow work without needing to travel. Licensed professionals commonly use strategies in remote sessions that mirror in-person goals, such as setting clear next steps, practicing mindfulness skills together, and using solution-focused tasks to track progress.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting and family-related concerns including blended family issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work is client-centered and strengths based, mixing psychodynamic ideas, mindfulness, solution-focused steps, and trauma-informed approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience in outpatient counseling and residential treatment settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LISW (Licensed Independent Social Worker) licensed in Ohio and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.