Melissa Maynes, LMHC, LMFT

Melissa aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so parents and busy adults can use what they learn right away. She uses clear, interactive conversation rather than long lectures.

Melissa often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing with a focus on patterns that come from family history. Sessions tend to focus on small, achievable changes and real-life tools that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Melissa has worked a lot with military culture and lifestyle in her career. That background means she understands demands like frequent moves, deployment stress, and career transitions.

She applies that perspective when helping people manage career strain, parenting stress, or compassion fatigue. Her style is open and nonjudgmental.

She treats people as the expert on their own lives and partners with them to set goals. Therapy is shaped to each person's priorities and pace.

Practical skills, straightforward planning, and honest conversation are central to her work. Melissa helps people talk through family of origin issues, attachment concerns, substance use problems, and relationship struggles while building coping skills for life changes.