About Melissa
Melissa Silva is a licensed mental health practitioner in Nebraska with 13 years of experience. She creates a calm setting where people can name their struggles and take steps toward better days. She invites honest conversation and offers steady professional support through change.
Her approach blends practical strategies with a warm, client-centered stance. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thought patterns and from acceptance and commitment therapy to help people act on their values.
How Melissa works
Emotion-focused work is also part of her practice when relationship pain or attachment concerns come up. Melissa has worked with people facing stress, anxiety, and depression. She also helps those coping with trauma and abuse, grief, and addiction.
Relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and codependency are frequent topics in sessions. Many clients seek help for anger, impulsivity, or difficulty managing life changes. She also addresses self-esteem, social anxiety and phobia, isolation, and compassion fatigue.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and women’s issues are included among her focus areas. In sessions she listens first, then offers tools that fit each person’s life and goals. Clients can expect clear, down-to-earth guidance and practical homework when it’s useful.
She encourages small, steady steps toward the changes people want to make.
Melissa lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Melissa works with
The areas below are the ones Melissa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LIMHP, LMHP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nebraska |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) asks people to get clear on what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and some types of stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and changing problematic emotional responses, which can be useful when attachment, relationship pain, or intimacy issues are involved.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, try a method, and adjust as needed. Clients and therapist collaborate to find what fits the person’s needs and preferences rather than committing to one single technique from the start.
Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy lives, for example by reducing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. If you prefer a shorter check-in or a session that doesn’t require video, confirm available session options before booking. Practical benefits include easier scheduling around work or caregiving and being able to continue care during life transitions. Speak with the therapist during the matching process to discuss which approach and session arrangements would work best for you.
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