Melissa McLaurin, LPCC

Melissa McLaurin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 10 years of experience supporting people through trauma, anxiety, depression, and complex family concerns. She focuses on helping individuals and families who are navigating parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, and the long-term effects of abuse and stressful life changes. Her approach centers on listening with curiosity and respect, honoring each person as an expert in their own experience while offering clinical guidance informed by evidence-based methods.

Melissa practices from a person-centered foundation and integrates techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches, strengths-based work, and humanistic modalities to tailor care to each client. She aims to create a nonjudgmental and culturally aware space and notes that, although she is not a person of color, her life and professional experiences have given her understanding of and sensitivity to the needs of communities of color. Reflection and collaboration guide how she shapes treatment, with an emphasis on meeting practical goals and building skills that fit each client’s unique context.

She recognizes how difficult it can be to seek help and honors the courage it takes to reach out. Melissa values the chance to accompany people on their healing journey and works with clients to individualize care so therapy feels relevant and useful.