Melissa is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She earned her Masters degree in Community Counseling from the University of Oklahoma and her PhD in Counselor Education from the University of Arkansas. Clinical interests include working with women experiencing infertility, grief and loss, adoption, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and/or body image issues. Melissa worked as a professor at John Brown University for over a decade.

Melissa is passionate about empowering you to process your experiences, understand your story, and move towards wholeness, hope, and healing. She is committed to creating a safe, non-judgmental space for you to begin your healing journey. Melissa is specialized in Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), a holistic, attachment based, and trauma informed intervention designed to facilitate healing from relational trauma and enhance familial resiliency.