Melissa Pierce, LPC
Texas · 20 years in practice
Melissa Pierce is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 73854 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1417483272 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Melissa
Melissa Pierce is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with adults who need practical support and steady guidance. Melissa aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where clients can name what matters and take steps forward.
With 20 years of experience practicing in Texas, Melissa adapts conversation and plans to each person’s situation. She listens first, then collaborates on goals and next steps.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what’s most important to the client and use clear, concrete tools when they help. Her approach draws on Existential ideas about meaning and choice, client-centered listening, and skills-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques. Melissa may also integrate mindfulness practices, dialectical behavior strategies, or EMDR tools as appropriate to the issue you bring.
She explains options and works with clients to decide what to try. People often come to Melissa for help with sleep problems, anger, identity questions, or ongoing stress from caregiving or health problems. She also supports those coping with grief, abandonment worries, body image concerns, and the effects of trauma.
Melissa describes the first steps as simple and straightforward: say what you want to change, try a concrete next step, and check how it’s going. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping clients build skills and make meaningful changes over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Melissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Melissa draws on Existential Therapy to help people clarify values, face difficult choices, and find personal meaning in stressful or uncertain circumstances. This approach focuses on honest conversation about what matters and ways to live more intentionally.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the client’s experience and priorities. That means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s pace when setting goals and next steps.
When clients want tools to manage thoughts and behaviors, Melissa brings in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. These are practical exercises and thought-focused strategies that help reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns.
Deciding what approach to use is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk with each client about their goals, try approaches that seem promising, and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients shape the pace and methods used during the work together.
Online therapy formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can keep a brief check-in efficient, and messaging lets clients share updates between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Melissa commonly address?
She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, and sleep problems among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends active listening with practical tools. Sessions balance open conversation with concrete strategies clients can use between meetings.
What is her professional background?
Melissa has 20 years of work experience in mental health and has practiced across a range of clinical settings.
What credentials does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Melissa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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