Melissa Averett, LPC
- Louisiana
- LA LPC 4551
Not accepting new clientsVerified 11 hours ago
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Open 2 of the last 30 days
Live availability history
Open on 2 of the last 30 days
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Availability over the last 30 days: open to new clients on 2 days, waitlist or full on 28 days. Most recent check, Oct 27: waitlist or full.
Days available
2/30
every one of the last 30 days checked
Availability forecast
Melissa has been open to new clients on 2 of the last 30 days.
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About Melissa
My name is Melissa Averett. I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor. I earned my Master Degree in Education Counseling at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2008. I’ve worked 4 years in a residential setting with woman recovering from addiction. I also worked 9 years providing outpatient counseling to adults for wide range of struggles and mental illness. I help Clients that have experienced the trauma of divorce begin the healing and forgiveness process. I use Person Centered Counseling to build rapport and help my clients identify their counseling need and set counseling goals. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Restructuring to help clients identify, dispute and restructure maladaptive thoughts into healthier thoughts and beliefs. I like to teach my clients about healthy boundaries, how to improve self esteem, choices and consequences, healthy coping skills and assertive communication skills to improve relationships. I will make a great effort to demonstrated warmth and empathy as we work on difficult issues toward your therapeutic goals. Read more Show less
What Melissa helps with
Specialties and approaches
Specializes in
Stress, AnxietySelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD
Approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Also experienced with
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues