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Melissa Brown

Therapist
7 years of experience
  • Virtual & in-person
  • Anxiety, Family issues, Grief or loss, Trauma
  • Individual therapy, Couples therapy, Child or adolescent therapy

Great to meet you!

I specialize in helping children and adults, heal from stress, discouragement, anxiety, people pleasing, grief, life transitions. I offer a gentle, caring, and emotionally supportive space where clients feel at ease exploring their needs for therapy. No matter what you’re going through, I believe that through the healing relationship we develop, it’s possible to work through hardship, grow resilience, and build a more meaningful life. My expertise is in using creative and expressive approaches to enrich daily life, strengthen communication, and improve relationships.

My approach to therapy

How I Help Adults

For adults, past hurt or trauma often present as chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and patterns that are painfully familiar and leave you feeling helpless and hopeless.

The journey toward relational health—both with oneself and others—often involves trauma recovery, fostering a mindful connection between mind and body, and gaining a deeper understanding of how family-of-origin dynamics shape our relationships today. I help adults heal old wounds, choose different paths, nurture their inner child, and practice establishing needed boundaries.

For more information about working with adults please take a look at my services below.

How I Help Children

I specialize in working with children who are anxious, discouraged, struggling with self-confidence, assertiveness, struggling to fit in with peer groups or are experiencing a change in their family dynamics.

In my work with children 5-12, I offer play therapy and expressive art therapy to help them process their feelings in a developmentally appropriate method. Play therapy is a powerful modality. It is an evidence-based treatment to help children as young as three understand their inner world through their natural and developmentally appropriate language of play. Play is their language, and toys are their words. Through therapeutic play, children build confidence, experience less anxiety, and learn new skills.

I also utilize expressive art therapy with children. Expressive arts are creative experiences like movement, drawing, music, sculpting, painting, which help children express themselves without an overreliance on talk therapy. Both play and expressive arts calm the body, build confidence, encourage self-expression and healing while being sensitive to the developmental needs of the child. To read more about play therapy or working with a Registered Play Therapist, like myself, please take a look at my services below.

What you can expect from me

I believe in the transformative power of healthy relationships to encourage expansive growth and effect lasting change. Inside of you is a person who is dynamic, resilient, and able to adapt to life’s challenges. I provide you with a safe environment so that this best self can fully emerge.

One of the most important pieces of successful counseling is how you feel about your therapist. In our first session, will determine if I am a good fit for helping you achieve your goals.

About me

  • I identify as
    Caucasian, Woman
  • My style is
    Creative, Empowering, Warm

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    7 years of experience
  • Training
    MS (Master of Science) at Southern Methodist University
  • License type
    LMFT (Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist) (Texas)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Aetna, Ascension

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    Anxiety, Family issues, Grief or loss, Trauma
  • More specialties
    Depression, Relationship issues, Women's issues, Identity issues
  • Therapy methods
    Attachment Based, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Art Therapy, Jungian, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Experiential, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method / Gottman Couples, Play
  • Care types
    Individual therapy, Couples therapy, Child or adolescent therapy
  • Ages served
    Children, Adults
  • Languages
    English
  • Location
    6750 Hillcrest Plaza Drive Ste 304
    Dallas, TX 75230