About Melanie
Melanie Giarratano is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to therapy. She trained in neuroscience and mental health counseling and now practices in New York as an LMHC and LCMHC. Melanie talks plainly and listens carefully to help people sort through stress, mood issues, and life transitions.
She has four years of clinical experience that includes inpatient psychiatric work and outpatient settings. That background shaped how she understands trauma and strong stress reactions.
Background and approach
Melanie uses that perspective when she helps people manage depression, anxiety, bipolar mood changes, and ADHD-related struggles. Therapy with Melanie is collaborative and goal-focused. She draws on several approaches to match each person’s needs, including cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical skills, and motivational techniques.
She explains concepts clearly and often suggests simple tools people can try between sessions. Melanie also emphasizes self-care and practical routines. She encourages clients to build small habits that support mood and focus, like regular movement or brief mindfulness checks.
Her style is friendly and direct, aiming to make therapy useful and manageable for busy lives. She works with a wide range of concerns such as addictions, relationship stress, parenting struggles, family conflict, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and social anxiety. Parents reading this will find straightforward language and concrete suggestions rather than long technical explanations.
How Melanie Uses Practical Approaches Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting a person’s own goals. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers encouragement, and helps people find motivation to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to spot patterns and try new responses; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and attention-related difficulties. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships, which can help with strong mood swings and anger.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Melanie treats clients as partners in deciding what will help most. She will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust the approach based on what feels useful and doable for the client.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for brief updates, skill coaching between sessions, or when scheduling around work and parenting duties. These formats help make therapy accessible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York, Utah
- Languages
- English
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