Melanie Griggs , LCMHC

Melanie Griggs is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 35 years of experience helping adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making each session feel manageable and clear.

She works with adults dealing with relationship strain, grief, workplace pressure, and challenges tied to parenting or caregiving. Melanie also supports people coping with chronic illness, addiction concerns, sleep problems, and questions about identity, including LGBT issues. Her practice pays attention to both current problems and the effects of past experiences.

Sessions are collaborative. Melanie listens first, then helps clients set realistic goals and build coping skills that fit daily life. She blends approaches that teach new ways of thinking, increase awareness, and address traumatic memories when needed.

Her background spans many settings across North Carolina, and she brings decades of clinical practice to each meeting. Melanie uses straightforward language and a patient pace to help people feel heard and understood.

People typically leave sessions with clear steps to try between meetings, whether that means short skill practices, mindfulness exercises, or ways to reframe stressful thoughts. Over time the focus is on steady progress and greater confidence managing life’s ups and downs.

How Melanie’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It involves active listening and working from the client’s priorities so sessions feel relevant and respectful. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to sort through feelings and make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more useful ones. It often includes short exercises to practice between sessions and can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with sleep, emotion regulation, and coping with chronic stress.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Melanie will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The online format supports several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect before they write. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related routines.