Melissa Adcock

Melissa Adcock, LCSW, CSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and identity concerns such as LGBT issues. Melissa brings 11 years of clinical experience and speaks English. She is based in Colorado and holds clinical social work licenses in Colorado and Florida.

Melissa uses clear, practical conversation to help people name what feels hard and find manageable steps forward. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thinking patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to manage strong emotions.

Her background includes a range of mental health settings, which she says helps her tailor the work to each person. Sessions tend to focus on real-life coping skills, small behavior changes, and building tools to handle stress, career strain, or life transitions. Melissa emphasizes collaborative goal setting so the work fits daily life.

She often addresses focused topics such as family of origin issues, communication problems, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, and immigration-related stress. Melissa also supports people coping with bipolar disorder, ADHD, anger, and issues like guilt and shame.

People who choose her can expect a relaxed, direct approach that centers their priorities. She encourages clients to be the driver of the process and to try different ways of working until the best fit is found.

How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online

Melissa uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions focused on what matters most to each person, letting the client set the pace and topics. This approach helps when the main need is to be heard and to make sense of emotions and choices.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thinking patterns and how they affect feelings and actions. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, mood changes, and practical coping tasks that can be practiced between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which helps with overwhelming feelings and relationship challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as progress is made. The decision about which tools to use is shared and revisited during treatment.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier, let sessions fit into a busy day, and reduce travel time. It can also allow brief check-ins or longer weekly sessions depending on what the therapist and client arrange.