Melanie Downs

I've been a practicing clinician for over fifteen years in a variety of educational, community, and private settings. I currently live in Durham, North Carolina with my family, and see clients remotely in NC, NY, and OR.

As a therapist, I use an integrative approach drawing from evidence based work including cognitive behavior therapy, existential-humanistic theory, somatic/mindfulness approaches such as guided meditation & Hakomi, and internal family systems (IFS) methodology to help clients explore the parts of them that feel disconnected or activated. I am currently training to provide psychedelic assisted therapy integration services in the future.

My biggest hope is that clients come away from sessions with a sense that they make sense and have hope to continue on their healing journey. We will take a closer look at some of the patterns of thinking and behaving that aren't serving you well, but we breathe compassion into why those patterns may be there in the first place so we can offer ourselves compassion, understanding, and a new way of being.