Melissa Campos

Melissa Campos is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on helping people facing grief, stress, and major life changes. She offers a calm, non-judgmental presence and helps clients sort through feelings like anxiety, depression, anger, and low self-esteem. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 16 years of experience to sessions in Florida.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set small, practical goals they can try between meetings. Depending on what someone needs, she uses tools that include cognitive behavior techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and mindfulness practices to manage difficult emotions.

She also works with people coping with trauma, addictions, caregiver stress, and relationship struggles. Melissa uses parts of dialectical behavior strategies and EMDR when appropriate to address intense emotional patterns and past distress. She helps clients tackle day-to-day problems like sleep trouble, parenting strain, or workplace stress alongside deeper issues like attachment wounds or grief.

Sessions aim to build skills for tolerance, clearer communication, and steadier mood. Melissa supports people who are navigating aging, cancer-related challenges, adoption and foster care issues, and blended family dynamics. Her approach centers on practical steps and ongoing collaboration so goals evolve as needs change.

To begin, she asks people to identify goals and try small experiments between sessions. Over time the focus can shift from crisis management to longer-term coping, resilience, and reclaiming meaningful routines.

Approaches used online and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focuses on values-driven action to move forward. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood regulation. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method that targets distress tied to traumatic memories and can reduce the intensity of those memories over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan if something does not fit or produce the expected progress.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. They also allow sessions in English or Spanish to suit language preferences. Ask about the available session formats when arranging your first appointment to make sure they line up with your needs.