Melissa ReighnLMHC

Melissa Reighn is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of professional experience in New York. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing big life changes. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own story and builds on existing strengths.

She listens first and then shapes a plan with clear, practical steps. Sessions focus on real problems and everyday goals. Melissa helps people find ways to cope with trauma, manage mood shifts, and reduce overwhelming feelings.

Her work uses a mix of approaches that include acceptance-based strategies and cognitive tools. She draws on what a client already does well and adds new skills for handling stress and hard decisions. This often means breaking challenges into small, manageable steps.

Melissa also supports people dealing with parenting strain, attention differences, eating concerns, bipolar mood patterns, and long-term health or caregiving stress. She pays attention to how life transitions affect mood and behavior and helps people find practical ways forward.

The tone in sessions is collaborative and down-to-earth. Melissa aims to empower people to make changes at their own pace. Those who want straightforward tools and steady support may find her style a good fit.

How Melissa adapts therapeutic approaches for online care

Melissa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and decisions during life transitions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical approach that looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches skills to change them. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with everyday stressors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and current needs. That choice can change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking to know which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use tools and worksheets in between sessions to practice new skills.