Melissa DiSilvestro

Melissa DiSilvestro is a licensed social worker in South Carolina with 12 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and hard life changes. She also supports concerns such as parenting strain, caregiver stress, workplace problems, and issues related to adoption or foster care.

Melissa works in a collaborative way. She helps clients set clear goals and builds simple plans to reach them. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills people can use between meetings. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and draws on their strengths.

Her background includes work in hospitals, schools, and outpatient primary care. That variety gives her experience with different kinds of day-to-day problems and transitions. Melissa brings that perspective into sessions to help clients find manageable solutions.

Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She applies that approach to problems like anxiety, depression, and coping after loss. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and ADHD-related challenges.

People who choose Melissa can expect straightforward conversations and goal-focused planning. She emphasizes small, realistic steps and checks progress together. If you are thinking about starting, she asks questions up front to match her approach to your needs.

How CBT supports online counseling and coping skills

Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises, short skill-building tasks, and plans you can practice between sessions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, grief, and stress-related issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals, and preferences and then match techniques that fit. That process is collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people continue work on coping skills between visits. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to assign exercises, track progress, and keep momentum toward agreed goals.