Melissa Tucker

My approach is to be both comforting and challenging by offering support, validation, and reflection, working in a collaborative process of growth and healing.

This happens through how we build our relationship as client and counselor to inform you on how to build healthy relationships in your personal and professional life.

I was trained in a multi cultural school setting, worked in a variety of professional environments and have extensive experience traveling and immersing myself in a variety of cultures and settings.

I use creativity and expressiveness to work with clients who are great “thinkers” and want to become better “feelers”, more comfortable with their emotional states. This would include anxiety, anger, feeling numb or “down”, confused during life transitions, or ambivalence about the future.

I am excited to support clients to feel more confident in their inner world, their relationships, and in their professional lives. My passion is working with people who struggle with meeting life goals by supporting them to clarify their values and meet their desired objectives. I work from a strengths based approach-- which means that we work on strengthening the parts of your life that excite you and allow the habits, beliefs, and past experiences to resolve and integrate, so you can focus on a satisfying present and future. When our values align with our behaviors, we can live a truly empowered and peaceful life.

When starting therapy it can be tempting to lay out one’s whole life story. I have found that by focusing forward and looking at the kind of person someone would like to be, we can then determine the best treatment plan to reach that goal based on where you are right now. After the first session, we should have a better idea of what that is. I am a skills based therapist and want to introduce practical skills for you to start implementing after the first or second time we meet.