About Melanie
Melanie Dente is a licensed counselor in Ohio who helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, phobias, and trauma-related concerns. She uses practical tools to address mood issues, panic, relationship strain, workplace problems, and struggles with self-esteem. Her approach is goal-focused and straightforward so parents reading on a phone can easily understand what to expect.
Melanie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and test thoughts that get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing intense emotions and building better communication. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is part of her work with trauma survivors when appropriate. Sessions emphasize skill-building.
Melanie asks clients to identify trusted supports and to practice safer choices between sessions. She frames change as effortful but possible, and she pushes clients to try new steps while tracking progress along the way. Her style is direct and encouraging.
She challenges people to expand their coping toolbox and celebrates small gains as they happen. That steady focus on skills helps people manage symptoms and move toward clearer goals. Melanie has six years of clinical experience.
She holds the LPCC and LMHC credentials and works with a range of concerns including post-traumatic stress, panic attacks, compassion fatigue, domestic violence recovery, and work-related stress.
How Melanie Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online
Melanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when working with anxiety and trauma. CBT focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and building new behaviors to reduce symptoms. EMDR involves a structured process for working through distressing memories and can help when past events continue to cause strong reactions.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and improving relationships. DBT skills teach practical tools for managing intense feelings, tolerating distress, and communicating more effectively. Melanie approaches treatment collaboratively and will help clients decide which methods match their goals and comfort level.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video lets people talk face to face, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments, practice skills between meetings, and fit sessions around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Washington
- Languages
- English
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