Melanie Griffin, LCSW

Connecticut · 16 years in practice

Melanie Griffin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, bipolar mood challenges, and trauma.

License and registration

LCSW, Connecticut: 007008 · expires February 2026
LCSW, North Carolina: C011127 · expires October 2027
NPI: 1245549815 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 16
Languages: English

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About Melanie

Melanie Griffin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, bipolar mood challenges, and trauma. She also supports people dealing with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career changes, and life transitions. Melanie practices in North Carolina and offers sessions in English.

Melanie emphasizes a straightforward, person-centered style. She listens without judgment and focuses on where a person is right now.

Background and approach

Conversations aim to build trust, name what feels hard, and find practical next steps that fit daily life. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Southern Connecticut State University and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health. Over her career she has worked in community services, crisis intervention, trauma care, addictions, geriatrics, adolescent supports, and family reunification.

That variety shapes how she notices patterns and strengths in different situations. Melanie uses several approaches when they match a person’s needs. She draws on client-centered practice to follow what matters most to the client, cognitive behavioral ideas to test and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior, and trauma-focused methods when past hurts affect present life.

Motivational interviewing helps when making changes around substance use or other strong habits. People who choose her can expect a collaborative process. Sessions aim to make big problems feel more manageable by breaking them down, trying small changes, and adjusting plans as needed.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Melanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Aging and geriatric issues
Drug and alcohol addiction
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Melanie names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Melanie combines existential ideas with client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods to address what matters in a person’s life. Existential therapy focuses on big life questions like meaning, choice, and responsibility and can help when people feel lost, stuck, or overwhelmed by change. Client-centered work centers the conversation on the client’s priorities and pace, helping people feel heard and understood as they decide what to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to test and change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try an approach, and adjust as needed. That means together they decide whether to focus on meaning, immediate coping skills, trauma processing, or motivation for change based on the client’s needs and preferences.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and body language, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, childcare, or busy days while keeping the therapeutic work consistent and collaborative.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Melanie help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is person-centered and direct. She listens closely, builds trust, and works with clients to set practical small steps that fit their daily life.

What is her professional background?

She has 16 years of experience and has worked in forensics, community services, crisis intervention, trauma, mental health and addictions, geriatrics, adolescent services, and family reunification.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) in North Carolina and Connecticut and practices in North Carolina.

Which languages and international arrangements are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.

In what formats are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.

How are sessions billed and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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