About Melynda
Melynda Farnham is a licensed clinical social worker who supports people facing stress, anxiety, ADHD, grief, and life changes. She creates an open space where clients can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings. Her tone is straightforward, calm, and encouraging for people who feel unsure about starting therapy.
With 13 years of experience, she draws on several practical approaches to help clients manage day-to-day challenges. Sessions focus on skills you can use between appointments, clear goals, and small steps toward change.
Background and approach
She aims to make therapy feel doable rather than overwhelming. Melynda often uses mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them. She also incorporates tools from dialectical behavior therapy to build emotion regulation and interpersonal skills.
Motivational interviewing is used to clarify what a client wants to change and how to begin. She has worked with people facing trauma, LGBT concerns, addiction, parenting strain, and issues tied to cultural or identity stress. Her additional focus areas include autism spectrum concerns, gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS related issues, and veteran-related topics.
These areas inform how she listens and plans treatment steps. Melynda practices in Florida as an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker. Conversations are held in English.
She encourages people to take the first step and try a short matching process to see if her style fits their needs.
How chosen approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match personal values. It is useful for managing anxiety, stress, and life transitions by focusing on what matters rather than fighting thoughts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. These tools can help when feelings feel overwhelming or relationships are strained.Melynda will work with each person to figure out which approach or combination fits best. That decision is collaborative and based on the client's goals, preferences, and what shows progress early on. She adapts exercises and homework so they fit a person's daily routine and challenges.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give flexibility in how and when people connect. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging allow for shorter check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options can help people keep therapy consistent around work, school, or parenting demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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