Melissa Robles , LPC

Melissa Robles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She has five years of experience in mental health settings and brings a calm, welcoming manner to sessions. Melissa aims to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions with practical support and a friendly tone.

She has worked in schools, short-term inpatient mental health hospitals, clinics, and agency settings. That range means she has experience with both individual and group work, and with issues such as trauma, sexual assault and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, and career stress.

Melissa combines a mix of approaches when she meets with someone. She uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts, trauma-focused work to process difficult experiences, and solution-focused tools to set small, workable goals. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas and internal systems perspectives when those fit the person’s needs.

Her style is warm and inviting, and she emphasizes building trust first. Melissa says laughter can be part of healing and aims to make sessions feel human and approachable. She takes a multicultural, holistic view and adapts methods to the person in front of her.

People who prefer a flexible, down-to-earth counselor may find her approach useful. She works with concerns such as relationship difficulties, parenting strains, body image, panic attacks, postpartum depression, and multicultural issues, shaping each plan to practical goals and daily life.

How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online

Melissa often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thought and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety and stress. CBT includes practical exercises and small behavioral experiments to reduce panic attacks and improve mood.

She also uses trauma-focused therapy when past events continue to cause distress. That work focuses on processing difficult memories and developing safer ways to cope with triggers and flashbacks.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. Melissa works with each person to identify goals and then tries methods that fit those goals and personal preferences. She adjusts tools over time based on what helps in day-to-day life.

Confirm current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time so sessions are more consistent. Discuss practical needs during the initial match so sessions can be shaped around work, parenting, or other daily demands.