Melissa Childers-White

Melissa Childers-White is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who focuses on helping people through loss, stress, and life shifts. She aims to offer a calm, practical space to talk about grief, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Melissa listens without judgment and works at a pace the client chooses.

She draws on five years of counseling experience and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio. Her background includes a counseling internship that involved medical, sex, and cancer counseling. That experience informs her work with people facing serious illness, end-of-life questions, and caregiving stress.

Melissa uses clear, action-focused tools such as mindfulness, meditation practices, and elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different responses. Sessions often include Socratic questioning and practical steps to change patterns and cope better day to day. She encourages developing routines that support mood, energy, and coping skills.

Her wider life experience - a philosophy degree from Vanderbilt University, semesters abroad, travel, community volunteering, and time running an art studio - shapes a flexible, creative counseling style. Melissa highlights communication skills, boundary setting, and problem solving as part of recovery and growth.

She generally checks messages and holds session times on weekdays between 10 am and 6 pm Central Time. Melissa invites clients to take gradual steps toward goals and to use counseling as a place to build practical skills and renewed purpose.

How mindfulness and CBT translate to online care

Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is practical and goal oriented, and it can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy and meditation practices to help clients notice emotions and bodily sensations without getting overwhelmed. Mindfulness can support grief work, stress reduction, and better emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. Together they set small steps and try tools to see what helps most.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, support regular check-ins, or offer shorter conversations when needed, which helps keep progress moving between sessions.