Melissa Tejeda, LPC

Melissa Tejeda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults on problems like anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. Melissa also addresses relationship difficulties, parenting strains, addictions, and identity questions related to LGBT concerns.

She focuses on concrete skills that make day-to-day life easier. That includes coping tools for strong emotions, strategies to change unhelpful thinking, and methods for managing intense reactions. Sessions move at a practical pace and emphasize learnable steps rather than long lectures.

Before private practice, Melissa spent a decade as a school counselor working with children, teens, and families. That background shaped how she explains problems simply and helps people practice new behaviors between sessions. She has three years of private-practice experience in addition to her school work.

Her work draws on a mix of approaches. Client-centered therapy guides how she listens and responds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers ways to notice and shift thinking that feeds anger or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness skills provide techniques for tolerating distress and regulating strong feelings.

Melissa encourages straightforward goals and short-term strategies when useful. She also supports work on longer-standing patterns like attachment issues, codependency, or family-of-origin concerns. People who want clear steps to handle anger or reduce reactivity may find her style direct and practical.

How her approaches work in online sessions