Melinda Newman
Empathetic, practical therapy for everyday challenges
LCPC, LPCC Montana
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About Melinda
Melinda Newman is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC, LPCC) who focuses on supporting people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family challenges, grief, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She brings five years of experience from community mental health settings, where she worked directly with clients facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, and PTSD. Early in her career she provided in-home supports for families to help youths remain safely in their communities and avoid higher levels of care.
Her approach centers on meeting clients where they are and collaborating to identify barriers, personal goals, and strengths that can drive meaningful change. Melinda uses a compassionate, welcoming, and supportive style to help clients build practical skills and make progress toward becoming their fuller selves.
She integrates evidence-based tools such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside other modalities to tailor work to each person’s needs. Based in Montana, Melinda draws on community mental health experience and a strengths-focused orientation to guide therapy.
She aims to partner with clients to create achievable plans that reflect individual values and life circumstances.
Online Therapy Using Practical, Skills-Based Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into more constructive patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life stressors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills to help people manage intense emotions and improve relationships. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying concrete goals and building on existing strengths to create forward-moving change in shorter-term work.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative exploration informs how sessions are structured and which skills or strategies are prioritized so clients can engage in a plan that feels practical and achievable.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility for people with different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to attend regular therapy from varied locations while still working on concrete skills, behavioral strategies, and goal-focused plans developed together with a licensed professional.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Licensed
Montana, California
Languages
English