Our tele-health counseling services span many areas, with a focus on addressing trauma that has incurred in your life and how that trauma has manifested itself in your life. We will slowly build a relationship based on trust to build a foundation to peel back the layers of self protection that was needed to survive, but is no longer serving you.
Women today are pulled in many different directions and take on multiple roles – mother, daughter, wife, partner, employee, employer, business owner and the list goes on. I offer help in sorting out these complex roles and the feelings that come with them, including:
If you are experiencing anxiety and depression, you are not alone. My work with patients aims to prevent manifestations in other physical and emotional issues and to address causes, such as:
Most eating disorders stem from childhood trauma and emerge as a coping mechanism. My goal is to help you realize that the eating disorder is a self-protective barrier that was once needed, but is no longer. My aim is also to help you know that you have all the resources inside of you to heal and overcome:
Unfortunately not every person was born into a healthy family, works in a supportive environment, or has found a fulfilling relationship. My life experiences and professional knowledge allow me to offer empathic counseling for people who are struggling with:
PTSD is the short form of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. I always say that if the reaction does not fit the situation, then the reaction is a PTSD response from a trauma that occurred in the past, but is not occurring now. My practice helps address current PTSD issues as well as PTSD rooted in the past, including:
Starting therapy can be intimidating and confusing. Melissa tries to make it easy by offering a brief consultation to see if she is a good fit for you. She will ask why you are seeking therapy to make sure she offers what you need. She will also ask what you are looking for in a mental health therapist, as she believes that your relationship with the therapist is of the utmost importance.
She believes that wounds were caused in a relationship and therefore need to heal in relationship, and left untreated, can manifest themselves in other physical and emotional manifestations.
Four Winds Counseling Services accepts Aetna, Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente thru Beacon Health Options, and United insurance companies. I also accept self-pay clients. All payments are made through the Simple Practice Portal and managed by Espych Billing with a processing fee. A credit card will be kept on file in your portal for all copays and payments.
The billing on your statement will be shown as Stripe. No cash or checks are accepted for payment.
Four Winds serves adult patients only (ages 18 and older) through tele-health sessions. Historically focused on women, Four Winds also treats men with anxiety, depression, religious and spiritual abuse, and eating disorders.
*Four Winds does not offer marital therapy services.