Therapists in Medina, OH

I am a gender-affirming therapist and have completed certification requirements with WPATH, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health. I completed EMDR training with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. I completed certification for treating ADHD. I am beginning the journey to becoming certified with AASECT the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. I love assisting clients in feeling more confident in their lives, handling emotional and mental stressors with greater ease, and developing a repertoire or coping skills to find their center under pressure.

Allied Behavioral Health Services, Incorporated offers day, evening, and weekend appointments. Our experienced staff is comprised of clinicians who have broad and varied expertise in treating a full range of mental health and substance abuse problems and working with diverse populations of clients.

Welcome! My passion is to collaborate with clients to remove barriers and find strength within themselves in order to heal and grow in their lives. I feel that therapy is most successful when the client comes to these changes through their own empowerment and psychoeducation. We can then work together to find healthy solutions to their issues and realize their needs. I have experience working in both hospital and private outpatient settings. This ranged from group therapy to individual therapy to case management. Through these different experiences, I have practiced in both mental health and substance use disorder treatment.

As a therapist, I am dedicated to making the most of each session with my clients and value your choice to be in this journey. I strive to develop a respectful and trusting relationship creating a strong base for my client's journey, no matter what their age, working with young preschool-age children through adults. Making the decision to open your child, yourself or your family up to counseling takes courage! You will get a genuine and professional experience with each session as I view our work as collaborative toward change. I have additional training in trauma therapy, DBT, CBT, and I am a Registered Play Therapist.

Life throws us curveballs, and navigating through them can be tough. Whether you're wrestling with a particular challenge or simply need a listening ear, I'm here to support you. Together, we'll work towards finding paths to growth and healing that fit your unique journey.

Are you searching for a therapist as motivated and engaged in your journey as you are? Look no further. I am Melissa, and in my therapy practice, I understand the power of a collaborative and motivating therapeutic relationship. My commitment to your well-being goes beyond the traditional therapeutic setting. I am here to actively engage with you, inspire change, and provide the support you need to thrive. Together, we'll embark on a dynamic and transformative path toward healing and personal growth. Your journey to a happier and more fulfilling life begins here.

Change can feel scary and stressful. Standing at a crossroads can feel uncertain and overwhelming. Sometimes our life circumstances change, other times we decide that what we are doing now, is no longer working for us. My focus is working with people who are experiencing anxiety, depressed mood, grief, loss, addictions, trauma, PTSD, and other adjustments and life transitions. This could involve changes in relationships, family, spirituality, health, career, education, or living situation. It could include death, healing wounds and inner children, identifying and enforcing boundaries, and identifying and changing limiting beliefs.

Life can seem overwhelming and intense, at times it may feel like the chaos and confusion are too much to bear on your own. Conflicts within ourselves, our spouses, family, friends and children arise, uncertainty of when it will end begins to consume us and starts to feel normal. Sometimes life has felt like this since childhood, carrying a weight that is too heavy, creating patterns and a lifestyle that just aren’t working. Children can experience intense and uncertain feelings, not knowing how to regulate their emotions, or seek out validation can lead to confusion that transpires into adulthood.

Change is possible. Anxiety, depression, work stressors, trauma, grief, and substance abuse difficulties are some of the challenges we help with every day. At Lamplight Counseling Services, our clients are treated with kindness and compassion by licensed clinicians who have a wealth of experience in each of their specific treatment areas. We desire to see each person achieve their goals in a way that will help them reach their highest potential.

I have worked in the mental health field as residential support staff, crisis worker, case manager, school-base counselor and counselor/ art therapist for the last 10 years. My passion is working with adolescents and adults to find healing and meaning in their lives by discovering their strengths and gifts. I believe people thrive and grow when they understand their “truths” by learning and discovering what happened to them in their story by encouraging body and mind awareness on their path of healing and personal growth. I help others use creative materials and evidenced-based approaches to unearth their inner wisdom and healing.

Are you feeling depressed, anxious, stressed? Do you worry about "going crazy"? Do you have problems in your relationships with family and friends? Do you wonder why you or someone you love can't stop drinking, using, eating, spending? We can help! We are a team of experienced counselors who are here to help you feel more empowered, improve communication/conflict, feel less depressed/anxious, recover from trauma, and parent more confidently. We have also helped many get/stay clean & sober and increase their understanding of the disease of addiction.

I understand & respect the courage it takes to come to counseling. My work as a counselor for 27 years is devoted to aiding clients make healthy choices for change, develop & enhance relationships, increase personal effectiveness & develop abilities to create happiness. Doing this involves planning, sharing, laughing & learning to adapt to new ways of thinking and being. I have witnessed the changing power of self-awareness & how integrating lost parts of ourselves helps us become whole people again. There is great value in exploring, identifying & challenging our thoughts which drive feelings and behaviors.

You find yourself in the middle of life asking yourself - "is this all there is?" You got the degrees and career, bought the house and picket fence, have the partner and maybe kids. It feels like you're doing all the right things, but you're not happy. It feels like a set up! You're anxious and angry and don't like the person you've become. You don't know what you like, want or need or how to ask for those things. You lost your voice, your sense of personal power and parts of your soul. Your sense of purpose and direction seems clouded. It hurts and you don't know how to make it better.

Welcome to the "Center for Revolutionary Relationships". Inviting clients to hear their own voices and identifying their own strengths, talents, resources and resiliencies is the foundation of my collaborative therapeutic process. We do not exist in isolation. We live in various systems. We are made to influence and be influenced by everyone around us. Therefore, in order to have a healthy "we", one must have a healthy "me". Taking all these influences through a "systemic" lens with children, individuals, couples and families allow for these multiple realities to be integrated harmoniously. Thus creating balance, wholeness and healing within yourself, your relationships and your environment!

Are you ready for change, but are not quite sure where to start? Have you been experiencing similar patterns in life and continue to struggle no matter how hard you try? If you are ready to commit wholeheartedly to the therapy, I believe change is possible and the results can be life changing. Anxiety, depression, grief/loss, life transitions are happening all around you, making it challenging to take the time you need to focus on yourself.

I have a passion in assisting individuals, family's, and couples in making a positive change within their lives and processing their feelings, thoughts, traumas, and concerns. I am a therapist who understands building rapport and having a strong therapeutic relationship is essential in counseling. I have experience working with couples, families, and individuals address all majors issues which are causing emotional distress, daily sadness, confrontations/arguments, and the desire to quit. I am goal oriented and work hard to ensure positive results for the client to find hope, happiness, relief, and peace.

I have immediate openings & can schedule you for next week. I am a Licensed Therapist, who specializes in providing therapy to individuals, families, & couples. I have 4 years of experience providing therapy to teens & adults, families, & couples. I have a passion for working with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief & loss, & parenting issues. I take a person-centered approach to create a welcoming environment. I believe that having a strong therapeutic relationship is the key to effective counseling. I incorporate evidenced based modalities when providing therapy services. My goal is to make a positive change in your life.

I have immediate openings and can schedule at your convenience. I am a Licensed Social Worker, with 31 years of experience providing clinical therapy to adults, adolescents, couples, and families. I have worked in the community setting, treatment facility, and private practice sector as a mental health therapist treating emotional distress, crisis interventions, trauma, addictions, family conflict, emotional needs of children, behavior/oppositional disorders, stress management, anger management, abuse, anxiety, and depression. I am bilingual and can speak Spanish and English.

I have been an active member of my community for most of my life. I began caring for others at age 15 by working as a nursing assistant in a local nursing home. I have volunteered as an Emergency Medical Technician and was a foster parent for nearly 100 children over a 13 year time span. I am passionate about helping people of all ages reach their personal or professional goals. I specialize in EMDR however; I utilize many types of therapy that is tailored to each individual client.Please make an appointment so we can discuss how I can help you and your family.