Liana Melendez
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with years of experience working with diverse populations, backgrounds, and cultures. I have experience working with a variety of mental health issues that include depression, anxiety, trauma, co-occurring disorders, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness symptom management. In sessions I utilize treatment modalities which include motivational interviewing, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, plus many more to help you facilitate positive change in your life. I truly am passionate about helping my clients navigate and overcome difficult times in order to support them with being successful on their path to healing.
First session
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing and explore goals that you might have for therapy. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Strengths
Having worked with young professionals for the past 9 years, I've developed a tried-and-true playbook for supporting my clients with identify root causes of their challenges and creating an individualized plan that leads to measurable progress.
Ideal clients
The clients I am best positioned to serve include client struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, co-occurring disorders, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness symptom management.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I’ve been using CBT to help support my clients for the past 8 years. It’s helped many clients challenge reoccurring thoughts and manage their anxiety. We’ll use CBT to help recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence each other. We’ll then use that knowledge to change your thinking patterns to help reduce your stress level and support mood management.
Location
Virtual sessions