Melissa Averett, LPC

Melissa Averett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She earned a master’s degree in education counseling from Southeastern Louisiana University and brings 14 years of clinical experience to her work. Melissa draws on time supporting women in residential addiction recovery and years of outpatient counseling with adults.

Her sessions center on building a trusting relationship first. She uses client-centered methods to help people name what they need from counseling and set clear goals. She also teaches practical skills like setting boundaries, improving self-esteem, and communicating more assertively.

Melissa uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. She guides clients through identifying, challenging, and reshaping thoughts that contribute to anxiety, depression, anger, or low self-worth. The approach is practical and skills-based.

Many people come to her with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction concerns, parenting strain, or issues around relationships and family. She also works with challenges such as ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue. Melissa lists additional focuses including abandonment, codependency, and blended family issues.

Therapy with Melissa emphasizes warmth and empathy while working through difficult topics. She encourages learning concrete coping tools and making small behavioral changes that support longer term progress. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How Melissa Uses Client-Centered and CBT Online

Melissa practices client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques in ways that translate well to remote work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people identify their own goals; it helps when someone needs a safe space to sort out feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps for spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, sleep problems, and stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will work together with each person to choose strategies that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means tuning the pace, focusing on skill-building, and adjusting homework or practice tasks so they fit daily life.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include easier scheduling and fewer barriers to fitting sessions into a busy week. Online work also makes it simple to continue sessions when travel or relocation occurs. The original biography does not list which remote formats are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. Many people find that remote sessions let them try short check-ins, focused skills work, or regular weekly sessions without added commute time.